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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 when Swann goes to meet Odette at Prevost's Restaurant?
(a) She is with another man.
(b) He gets into a fight.
(c) He flirts with a waitress.
(d) She is not there.

2. In "Swann In Love," what explanation is given for Mme. de Verdurin's health palpitations?
(a) Her fine taste in art.
(b) Her love of good food.
(c) Her husband's infidelities.
(d) Her stressful career.

3. Overall, what conclusion does the narrator draw about Gilberte's feelings for him in "Place-Names"?
(a) She is in love.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She is afraid of him.
(d) She gets bored of him.

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

5. In "Combray," what writer does M. Swann know?
(a) Bergotte.
(b) Cure.
(c) Paris.
(d) Eulalie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Place-Names," where does the narrator find Gilbert they day she is not at the park?

2. Why is Swann often late to the Verdurin's parties in "Swann In Love"?

3. How does the narrator's family react to Uncle Adolphe's friends?

4. In "Combray," where does the narrator often read?

5. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator feel the day M. Swann picks up Gilberte from playing?

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