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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Place-Names: The Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Combray?
(a) Just outside the capital.
(b) In a large city.
(c) In the country.
(d) On an old river.

2. What does the narrator's great-aunt Leonie brag about in "Combray"?
(a) That she hasn't missed a day in church.
(b) That she attracts many men.
(c) That she never sleeps.
(d) That she has saved all her money.

3. What happens right before the Verdurins stop inviting Swann to their parties?
(a) Odette gets in a fight with Swann.
(b) Swann insults a dignitary.
(c) Odette accepts a ride from someone else.
(d) Swann disagrees with their politics.

4. Why does Gilberte send the narrator a copy of a Bergotte book?
(a) He wanted to give a copy to his mother.
(b) He asks her about it.
(c) She had two copies.
(d) She didn't want her copy.

5. In "Swann In Love," who does Swann refuse a dinner invitation from?
(a) Odette.
(b) Uncle Adolphe.
(c) Princesse de Guermantes.
(d) Vinteuil.

Short Answer Questions

1. After seeing Uncle Adolphe in "Combray," why is the narrator excited?

2. What does Gilberte say to the narrator that upsets him when they play in the park at Champs-Elysees as children?

3. In "Place-Names," what happens the day the narrator fears Gilberte Swann will not come to play?

4. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?

5. What religion does Blotch practice?

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