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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. What does Rachel discuss that makes the narrator find her "malicious" in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?
(a) Literature.
(b) Theatre.
(c) Music.
(d) Travel.

2. What happens when Swann goes to meet Odette at Prevost's Restaurant?
(a) She is not there.
(b) She is with another man.
(c) He gets into a fight.
(d) He flirts with a waitress.

3. What conclusion does the narrator's family draw about M. Legrandin in "Combray"?
(a) That he is a snob.
(b) That he is lonely.
(c) That he is actually poor.
(d) That he is loveless.

4. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," what game does the narrator fail at while playing with Albertine?
(a) Bocce.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Euchre.
(d) Ferret.

5. When did the narrator visit Combray?
(a) He hasn't visited there yet.
(b) As a young boy.
(c) During his early teens.
(d) As an adult.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about his friendship with Saint-Loup?

2. How does the narrator's family react to Uncle Adolphe's friends?

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

4. What makes the narrator remember Combray as an adult?

5. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part I," what does the doctor recommend for the narrator's nerves?

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