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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Albertine's note to the narrator say in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?
(a) I know what you are doing.
(b) It's over.
(c) Tell me the truth.
(d) I love you.

2. Who does M. Bloch pretend to know in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Lord Stanley.
(b) Livernois.
(c) Mme. Swann.
(d) Bergotte.

3. Who does the narrator's mother say she does not want to know in the Swann family?
(a) Old man Swann.
(b) Mme. Swann.
(c) Gilberte Swann.
(d) M. Swann.

4. How much time passes between "Place-names" and "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?
(a) Four years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilberte say to the narrator that upsets him when they play in the park at Champs-Elysees as children?

2. Why does Mme. de Stermaria cancel her dinner plans with the narrator in "Guermantes Way, Part II"?

3. What does Elstir do to help the narrator meet Albertine?

4. Who visits the narrator's grandmother alone in her room in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

5. In "Mme. Swann at Home," what do the Swanns brag about in front of the narrator?

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