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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 does the narrator's grandmother say she believes one should never do on vacation?
(a) Cook.
(b) Socialize.
(c) Lie.
(d) Waste time.

2. What does Bergotte say about Berma in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) He makes fun of her.
(b) He praises her.
(c) He feels sorry for her.
(d) He won't speak of her.

3. What does Mme. Swann do in "Place-Names" that causes people to talk?
(a) She travels alone.
(b) She meets new men.
(c) She pays her friends money.
(d) She wears short skirts.

4. Where is Combray?
(a) In the country.
(b) Just outside the capital.
(c) In a large city.
(d) On an old river.

5. What does the narrator's great-aunt Leonie brag about in "Combray"?
(a) That she has saved all her money.
(b) That she never sleeps.
(c) That she attracts many men.
(d) That she hasn't missed a day in church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator afford the gifts he buys for the Swanns in "Mme Swann at Home"?

2. Why does Gilberte send the narrator a copy of a Bergotte book?

3. What does the narrator dream about when he walks on Guermantes Way?

4. What happened at Combray to make the narrator appreciate art?

5. How does the narrator's grandmother embarrass the narrator in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

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