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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made the narrator's family avoid Swann's Way?
(a) The service fee.
(b) The crime along the path.
(c) Swann's marriage.
(d) It was too long of a walk.

2. In "Mme. Swann at Home," when does Gilberte have tea parties?
(a) Sundays only.
(b) Saturday and Sunday.
(c) Friday and Saturday.
(d) Monday and Friday.

3. Why does the narrator enjoy the fall in "Place-Names"?
(a) The leaves crunch.
(b) He feels it's his new start.
(c) He can go back to school.
(d) It reminds him of love.

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

5. Which day of the week is dinner served early at Combray?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

6. Who does the narrator's mother refuse to ask about in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) Aunt Leonie.
(b) Mme. Swann.
(c) Gilberte.
(d) M. Swann.

7. Who does Aunt Leonie leave her estate to?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The Swann family.
(c) M. de Norpois.
(d) Uncle Adolphe.

8. Swann tends to court what type of lady?
(a) Ones from lower social statuses.
(b) Ones from higher social statuses.
(c) Ones who participate in the arts.
(d) He doesn't have a specific type.

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

10. What does the narrator buy a picture of for himself at the beginning of the new year in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Gilberte.
(c) His mother.
(d) Berma.

11. After Gilberte leaves, who does the narrator focus his attention on at the park in "Place-Names"?
(a) An older lady.
(b) A family of squirrels.
(c) A boy his age.
(d) A girl with blonde curls.

12. What does the narrator give the mistress of a whorehouse as a present in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) His mother's dress.
(b) Gilberte's book.
(c) A ring.
(d) His aunt's couch.

13. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?
(a) She owes Leonie money.
(b) M. Swann encourages her to make friends.
(c) Leonie gives her money.
(d) She buys Leonie's cookies.

14. In "Mme. Swann at Home," what do the Swanns brag about in front of the narrator?
(a) Their money.
(b) Their dreams.
(c) They vacations they take.
(d) Their friends.

15. What makes the narrator remember Combray as an adult?
(a) Meeting M. Swann at the opera.
(b) Making coffee.
(c) His grandmother's funeral.
(d) Drinking tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Swann takes Odette on vacation in "Swann In Love"?

2. Why is Swann often late to the Verdurin's parties in "Swann In Love"?

3. What is Mme. de Saint-Loup's house?

4. When does the narrator say his mother did not kiss him goodnight as a small child?

5. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?

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