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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Seascape, with Frieze of Girls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when people dine with Mme. de Villeparis in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?
(a) Their social status decreases.
(b) They are given lots of money.
(c) They are escorted home.
(d) Their social status raises.

2. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?
(a) She thinks the girl caused her father's death.
(b) She thinks the girl is wicked.
(c) She thinks the girl hates everyone.
(d) She thinks the girl stole her mother's money.

3. What does Elstir do to help the narrator meet Albertine?
(a) She throws a tea party.
(b) She takes the narrator to Albertine's father's store.
(c) She writes Albertine a nice letter.
(d) She tricks Albertine into going to a restaurant.

4. What religion does Blotch practice?
(a) Buddism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Luthern.
(d) Judiasm.

5. In "Overture," what does the narrator's father give him after dinner?
(a) A lecture.
(b) A book.
(c) Dessert.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Francoise feel when he watches the cavalry march past his yard?

3. What does Albertine do the first time the narrator tries to kiss her?

4. Who does the narrator most fear leaving when he travels to Balbec?

5. What does Elstir tell the narrator about the group of girls he sees in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

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