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

2. After Gilberte leaves, who does the narrator focus his attention on at the park in "Place-Names"?
(a) An older lady.
(b) A boy his age.
(c) A family of squirrels.
(d) A girl with blonde curls.

3. How does Aunt Leonie imagine her family dying when she is very bored in "Combray"?
(a) In a fire.
(b) Drowning.
(c) A robbery.
(d) Disease.

4. How does the narrator's family react to Uncle Adolphe's friends?
(a) They never meet them.
(b) They are mean to them.
(c) They love them.
(d) They disapprove.

5. In "Place-Names," what happens the day the narrator fears Gilberte Swann will not come to play?
(a) It rains.
(b) There is a train accident.
(c) It snows.
(d) There is a fight in the park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?

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

3. What does Uncle Adolphe suggest Swann do to get Odette to love him more?

4. In "Overture," what does the narrator's father give him after dinner?

5. When does the narrator send his mother a note in "Overture"?

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