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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator's mother request not visit the grandmother so often while she is ill?
(a) A cousin.
(b) Her step-sister.
(c) An uncle.
(d) An aunt.

2. Why does the narrator's grandmother insist they rest during their trip to Balbec?
(a) Because they were going out too much.
(b) So they don't spend too much money.
(c) So Francoise could have a good time too.
(d) For the narrator's health.

3. In "Place-Names, The Place: Part I," why can't the narrator talk to M. de Stermaria's daughter?
(a) They are from different social ranks.
(b) She is engaged to someone else.
(c) They never get a chance to meet.
(d) She is too young for the narrator.

4. What does Professor E say about making a home visit to the narrator's grandmother in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?
(a) He wants to send a nurse instead.
(b) He refuses.
(c) He says the doctor recommended it.
(d) He thinks it's the best idea.

5. What makes the narrator uneasy with his hotel room in Balbec?
(a) The smell.
(b) It is unfamiliar.
(c) There is only one window.
(d) It is too large.

6. Who lays the grandmother out in her coffin?
(a) Francoise.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Saint-Loup.
(d) The narrator's mother.

7. In "Guermantes Way, Part I," at the Villeparisis' party, what impresses the narrator most about Mme. de Villeparisis?
(a) Her wealth.
(b) Her singing voice.
(c) Her clothing.
(d) Her knowledge.

8. What family does Saint-Loup tell the narrator about in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) The Charlus.
(b) The Guermantes.
(c) The Swanns.
(d) The Villapous.

9. Who does the narrator's grandmother feel Mme. de Villeparisis is connected to socially?
(a) The Swanns.
(b) The Guermantes.
(c) The hotel staff.
(d) The Stermarias.

10. What does Elstir do to help the narrator meet Albertine?
(a) She tricks Albertine into going to a restaurant.
(b) She throws a tea party.
(c) She takes the narrator to Albertine's father's store.
(d) She writes Albertine a nice letter.

11. What does the narrator's grandmother do when the narrator suffers a fever attack in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) She ignores the doctor's advice.
(b) She gives him a cold bath.
(c) She follows the doctor's advice.
(d) She gives him warm soup.

12. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," why does Bloch accuse the narrator of being a snob?
(a) Because he is spending time with a marquis.
(b) Because he criticized art in a museum.
(c) Because he ordered dinner in French.
(d) Because he found money.

13. How does the narrator feel about his friendship with Saint-Loup?
(a) He decides to put more effort into it.
(b) He doesn't cherish it.
(c) He values it more than others.
(d) He barely knows Saint-Loup.

14. Who visits the narrator's grandmother alone in her room in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?
(a) M. Swann.
(b) Saint-Loup.
(c) Mme. Swann.
(d) M. de Guermantes.

15. How does the narrator describe Bloch's manners in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Bad.
(b) Good.
(c) Changing.
(d) Developing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's favorite thing about Balbec?

2. Why can't Saint-Loup introduce the narrator to Mme. Guermantes in Paris in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

3. How do the narrator and his grandmother travel to Balbec in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?

4. How much time passes between "Place-names" and "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?

5. In "Guermantes Way, Part I," what does Francoise warn the narrator about Mme. de Guermantes?

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