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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Adolphe suggest Swann do to get Odette to love him more?
(a) Do whatever she says.
(b) Buy her presents.
(c) Stay away from her.
(d) Become friends with her father.

2. In "Place-Names," why does Gilberte tell the narrator she won't be around for long?
(a) She found a new set of friends.
(b) She is starting a new school.
(c) Her family is moving.
(d) The holidays require travel.

3. Why does Gilberte send the narrator a copy of a Bergotte book?
(a) She didn't want her copy.
(b) He asks her about it.
(c) He wanted to give a copy to his mother.
(d) She had two copies.

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

5. How does the narrator's family react to Uncle Adolphe's friends?
(a) They are mean to them.
(b) They never meet them.
(c) They disapprove.
(d) They love them.

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

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

8. Who introduces the narrator to whorehouses?
(a) Gilbert.
(b) Mme. Swann.
(c) His cousin.
(d) Bloch.

9. In "Overture," what does the narrator's grandmother buy him for his birthday?
(a) Toys.
(b) Books.
(c) Clothes.
(d) She gives him money.

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

11. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator feel the day M. Swann picks up Gilberte from playing?
(a) Upset.
(b) Impressed.
(c) Excited.
(d) Afraid.

12. Why does the narrator's mother sleep in his room in "Overture"?
(a) She feels bad for not kissing him goodnight.
(b) The narrator is ill.
(c) The narrator requests it.
(d) His father sees that he is upset.

13. In "Overture," what does the narrator say has "intellectual profit"?
(a) His mother's writing.
(b) His father's speeches.
(c) His grandmother's gifts.
(d) His grandfather's jokes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator give the mistress of a whorehouse as a present in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

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

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

4. Why does Dr. Cottard rise in society?

5. After seeing Uncle Adolphe in "Combray," why is the narrator excited?

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