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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. In "Combray," where does the narrator often read?
(a) In his bedroom.
(b) At the dinner table.
(c) Behind the couch.
(d) In the garden.

2. What does the narrator say happened to his belief in the elegance of women?
(a) It left with Gilberte and returned the next year.
(b) It is enhanced.
(c) It is gone.
(d) It changes every day.

3. In "Guermantes Way, Part I," what does Francoise warn the narrator about Mme. de Guermantes?
(a) Not to be seen with her.
(b) To buy her expensive presents.
(c) Not to visit her daily.
(d) To only speak French with her.

4. What does the narrator's grandmother do when the narrator suffers a fever attack in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) She follows the doctor's advice.
(b) She gives him warm soup.
(c) She gives him a cold bath.
(d) She ignores the doctor's advice.

5. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," where does the narrator often run into Bloch's sister?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) The racetrack.
(c) The center of town.
(d) At his hotel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bergotte say about Berma in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

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

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

5. Why does the narrator want Saint-Loup to get them a dinner invitation to the Guermantes' in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

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