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

2. 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 too long.
(c) It was all a lie.
(d) It was very natural.

3. In "Place-Names: The Place: Part II," what does M. de Charlus accuse the narrator of?
(a) Not having traveled enough.
(b) Not liking the right type of literature.
(c) Not caring about his grandmother.
(d) Not knowing what love is.

4. Why does the narrator enjoy the fall in "Place-Names"?
(a) It reminds him of love.
(b) He can go back to school.
(c) The leaves crunch.
(d) He feels it's his new start.

5. Whose autographed letters does the narrator's grandmother buy for Saint-Loup as a going away present?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) A painter.
(c) A dignitary.
(d) A pope.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the narrator's grandmother feel Mme. de Villeparisis is connected to socially?

3. Overall, what conclusion does the narrator draw about Gilberte's feelings for him in "Place-Names"?

4. What does Elstir do in the arts?

5. In "Swann In Love," who does Swann refuse a dinner invitation from?

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