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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 Gilberte do the first time the narrator sees her?
(a) Waves in a friendly way.
(b) Hides.
(c) Call to her father.
(d) Signals an insult.

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

3. In "Swann In Love," who does Swann refuse a dinner invitation from?
(a) Princesse de Guermantes.
(b) Odette.
(c) Vinteuil.
(d) Uncle Adolphe.

4. What does the narrator long to see Berma do in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) Paint.
(b) Recite poetry.
(c) Act.
(d) Read.

5. What does Swann wait for when Odette is in Paris in "Swann In Love"?
(a) For her to call on him.
(b) For her to write her father.
(c) For her to go home.
(d) For her to need money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator pretend to be interested in when he really likes Albertine?

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

3. When does the narrator say his mother did not kiss him goodnight as a small child?

4. What does Albertine give the narrator as a gift when she returns from visiting her aunt?

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

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