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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mme. Swann at Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who thinks that the narrator should be allowed time to play outside as a boy?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

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

5. Why does M. de Norpois want to introduce the narrator to his son?
(a) Because his son is a fortune-teller.
(b) Because his son is well educated.
(c) Because his son is a writer.
(d) Because his son is wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Swann tends to court what type of lady?

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

3. Who helps to improve Mme. Swann's opinion of the narrator in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

4. What does Swann wait for when Odette is in Paris in "Swann In Love"?

5. Who does Aunt Leonie leave her estate to?

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