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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. In "Place-Names," who tells the narrator to avoid excitement?
(a) Odette.
(b) Gilberte.
(c) His mother.
(d) His doctor.

2. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?
(a) Leonie gives her money.
(b) She owes Leonie money.
(c) M. Swann encourages her to make friends.
(d) She buys Leonie's cookies.

3. In "Combray," what writer does M. Swann know?
(a) Bergotte.
(b) Eulalie.
(c) Paris.
(d) Cure.

4. Where does Mme. de Villeparisis take the narrator in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Bathing houses.
(c) The sea.
(d) Churches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's "magic lantern" do?

2. Why does the narrator's grandmother insist they rest during their trip to Balbec?

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

4. Why is Swann often late to the Verdurin's parties in "Swann In Love"?

5. What does the narrator say happened to his belief in the elegance of women?

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