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

2. How does the narrator's father believe Mme. de Villeparisis will be able to inspire the narrator's writing?
(a) With her husband, the philosopher.
(b) With her beauty.
(c) With her literature collection.
(d) With her school of wit.

3. What does Elstir do in the arts?
(a) Compose.
(b) Sculpt.
(c) Write.
(d) Paint.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does M. de Norpois want to introduce the narrator to his son?

2. What does Rachel discuss that makes the narrator find her "malicious" in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

3. Whose autographed letters does the narrator's grandmother buy for Saint-Loup as a going away present?

4. In "Overture," what does the narrator say has "intellectual profit"?

5. What does Albertine's note to the narrator say in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

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