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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. While visiting Saint-Loup in "Guermantes Way, Part I," what does the narrator talk about with the soldiers?
(a) Technology.
(b) Higher education.
(c) Women.
(d) Military strategy.

2. In "Mme. Swann at Home," when does Gilberte have tea parties?
(a) Saturday and Sunday.
(b) Sundays only.
(c) Monday and Friday.
(d) Friday and Saturday.

3. Why can't the narrator say good-bye to Saint-Loup when he visits him in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?
(a) The narrator is angry with Saint-Loup.
(b) The narrator oversleeps.
(c) Saint-Loup is called to active duty.
(d) Saint-Loup is off with a woman.

4. According to Bergotte, what does illness do?
(a) Let people sleep.
(b) Give time for intellectual pursuits.
(c) Show who one's real friends are.
(d) Ruin a good party.

5. What makes Francoise change her opinion of Saint-Loup?
(a) She finds out he has a mistress.
(b) She reads his letter to the editor.
(c) She discovers he is a Republican.
(d) She sees him hit a servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Swann In Love," why can't Swann leave Paris?

2. What does Mme. Swann do in "Place-Names" that causes people to talk?

3. What is the narrator's favorite thing about Balbec?

4. Where do the narrator and his grandmother visit Mme. de Sevigne in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?

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

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