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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 does the narrator say happened to his belief in the elegance of women?
(a) It changes every day.
(b) It is gone.
(c) It left with Gilberte and returned the next year.
(d) It is enhanced.

2. What does Gilberte say to the narrator that upsets him when they play in the park at Champs-Elysees as children?
(a) That she likes other boys better.
(b) That her nanny forces her to play with him.
(c) That he isn't as strong as she is.
(d) That his face is crooked.

3. When did the narrator visit Combray?
(a) As an adult.
(b) As a young boy.
(c) He hasn't visited there yet.
(d) During his early teens.

4. In "Place-Names," why does Gilberte tell the narrator she won't be around for long?
(a) Her family is moving.
(b) She is starting a new school.
(c) The holidays require travel.
(d) She found a new set of friends.

5. What makes the narrator remember Combray as an adult?
(a) Making coffee.
(b) Meeting M. Swann at the opera.
(c) His grandmother's funeral.
(d) Drinking tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Swann takes Odette on vacation in "Swann In Love"?

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

3. What does Swann consider after hearing a song played on the piano at the Verdurin's?

4. What does the narrator's great-aunt Leonie brag about in "Combray"?

5. Why does the narrator enjoy the fall in "Place-Names"?

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