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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) Tell me the truth.
(c) It's over.
(d) I love you.

2. How does Aunt Leonie imagine her family dying when she is very bored in "Combray"?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Disease.
(c) In a fire.
(d) A robbery.

3. Who does Prince de Foix claim he saw in Saint-Loup's bedroom in "Guermantes Way, Part II"?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Elstir.
(c) Mme. Swann.
(d) Albertine.

4. Why is Swann often late to the Verdurin's parties in "Swann In Love"?
(a) Because he doesn't care.
(b) Because he picked up a second job.
(c) Because he doesn't have a watch.
(d) Because he is seeing another girl.

5. Why must the narrator cancel his travel plans in "Place-Names"?
(a) He starts school.
(b) Lack of money.
(c) Illness.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Bloch's manners in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

2. How long does Bloch go without speaking to the narrator after he is embarrassed in front of M. de Charlus?

3. What does the narrator buy a picture of for himself at the beginning of the new year in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

4. How does Mme. Swann tell the narrator secrets in a way that confuses him?

5. In "Overture," how does the narrator's mother comfort him when he is crying?

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