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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Guermantes Way, Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes the narrator to Champs-Elysees every day in "Place-Names"?
(a) His mother.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Bergette.
(d) Francoise.

2. What makes the narrator uneasy with his hotel room in Balbec?
(a) The smell.
(b) It is too large.
(c) It is unfamiliar.
(d) There is only one window.

3. How does the narrator's family react to Uncle Adolphe's friends?
(a) They disapprove.
(b) They love them.
(c) They are mean to them.
(d) They never meet them.

4. In "Mme. Swann at Home," what do the narrator's parents finally say about Bergotte?
(a) That he is a man of talent.
(b) That he is a man of hate.
(c) That he is a man of literature.
(d) That he is a man of fear.

5. 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 stole her mother's money.
(c) She thinks the girl hates everyone.
(d) She thinks the girl is wicked.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Overture," how does the narrator's mother comfort him when he is crying?

2. Why do the narrator and his family move into Hotel de Guermantes?

3. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?

4. What made the narrator's family avoid Swann's Way?

5. In "Overture," what does the narrator's family do every time a guest comes over?

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