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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. In "Overture," what does the narrator say has "intellectual profit"?
(a) His grandmother's gifts.
(b) His grandfather's jokes.
(c) His father's speeches.
(d) His mother's writing.

2. In "Swann In Love," why can't Swann leave Paris?
(a) He doesn't have the money.
(b) He has a funeral to attend.
(c) Odette is there.
(d) He missed the last boat.

3. What often happens to the narrator during the night in "Overture"?
(a) He wakes up.
(b) He stays up late.
(c) He goes out with friends.
(d) He can't fall asleep.

4. What does Swann come to realize about his relationship with Odette at the end of "Swann In Love"?
(a) It was the best relationship he ever had.
(b) It was very natural.
(c) It was too long.
(d) It was all a lie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swann leave behind the first time he visits Odette's house?

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

3. In "Swann In Love," what explanation is given for Mme. de Verdurin's health palpitations?

4. What does Gilberte do the first time the narrator sees her?

5. Who does the narrator's mother say she does not want to know in the Swann family?

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