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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. When does the narrator send his mother a note in "Overture"?
(a) When she goes to work.
(b) During a dinner party.
(c) On her birthday.
(d) When he is away at camp.

2. What does Swann wait for when Odette is in Paris in "Swann In Love"?
(a) For her to go home.
(b) For her to need money.
(c) For her to call on him.
(d) For her to write her father.

3. Why is Swann often late to the Verdurin's parties in "Swann In Love"?
(a) Because he doesn't have a watch.
(b) Because he is seeing another girl.
(c) Because he doesn't care.
(d) Because he picked up a second job.

4. What does the narrator admire most about the church in Combray?
(a) The help they give the poor.
(b) The way it looks.
(c) The choir.
(d) The messages of Sunday mass.

5. What is Mme. de Saint-Loup's house?
(a) A restaurant that is open late.
(b) The narrator's aunt's business.
(c) A place the narrator visited when he was younger.
(d) The boarding house were the narrator stays.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator say his mother did not kiss him goodnight as a small child?

2. In "Swann In Love," what does Swann say he is studying whenever he is with Odette?

3. What does the narrator say happened to his belief in the elegance of women?

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

5. Who visits the narrator's family most often when he is a young boy?

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