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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?
(a) She thinks the girl hates everyone.
(b) She thinks the girl caused her father's death.
(c) She thinks the girl is wicked.
(d) She thinks the girl stole her mother's money.

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

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

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

6. What makes the Verdurins finally disapprove of Swann in "Swann In Love"?
(a) Swann's taste in music.
(b) Swann having a physical relationship with Odette.
(c) Swann disagreeing with them.
(d) Swann's profession.

7. What is Mme. de Saint-Loup's house?
(a) A restaurant that is open late.
(b) The boarding house were the narrator stays.
(c) The narrator's aunt's business.
(d) A place the narrator visited when he was younger.

8. In "Place-Names," what does Gilberte buy the narrator so he can remember her?
(a) A comic book.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A marble.
(d) A pair of shoes.

9. What does the narrator's "magic lantern" do?
(a) Record his favorite songs.
(b) Pick up radio broadcasts.
(c) Project pictures on the wall.
(d) Turn off once it is daylight.

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

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

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

13. In "Swann In Love," why can't Swann leave Paris?
(a) He has a funeral to attend.
(b) He doesn't have the money.
(c) He missed the last boat.
(d) Odette is there.

14. What art does M. Vinteuil dabble in?
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Oil painting.
(c) Writing.
(d) Music composition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Overture," what does the narrator's family do every time a guest comes over?

2. In "Swann In Love," what does Swann say he is studying whenever he is with Odette?

3. Who does the narrator's mother refuse to ask about in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

4. In "Place-Names," where does the narrator find Gilbert they day she is not at the park?

5. What does Swann come to realize about his relationship with Odette at the end of "Swann In Love"?

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