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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people in Balbec appear to be mostly concerned about?
(a) Education.
(b) Social status.
(c) Appearance.
(d) Age.

2. What does Saint-Loup tell the narrator when he requests a picture of Mme. Guermantes?
(a) He must ask her permission.
(b) He must find a good frame.
(c) He must keep it clean.
(d) She doesn't allow pictures of herself.

3. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part I," what does the doctor recommend for the narrator's nerves?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Beer or Brandy.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water or juice.

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

5. What does Rachel discuss that makes the narrator find her "malicious" in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?
(a) Theatre.
(b) Music.
(c) Travel.
(d) Literature.

6. Who used to visit a house M. de Charlus discusses at dinner in Balbec with the narrator and his grandmother?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) The Marquis de Laroo.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) A Russian dignitary.

7. Why do the narrator and his family move into Hotel de Guermantes?
(a) His grandmother is sick.
(b) The narrator gets a new job.
(c) They run low on money.
(d) To be closer to the Guermantes.

8. What does Professor E say about the narrator's grandmother's condition in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?
(a) That she'll make a full recovery.
(b) That it's not serious.
(c) That it is hopeless.
(d) That there are very few cures.

9. What is the narrator's favorite thing about Balbec?
(a) The view of the sea.
(b) The beauty of the women.
(c) The gentle breezes.
(d) The peaceful nights.

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

11. What does the narrator give Albertine the first time he meets her?
(a) A flower.
(b) A book.
(c) A chocolate.
(d) A photograph.

12. In "Place-Names: The Place: Part II," what does M. de Charlus accuse the narrator of?
(a) Not knowing what love is.
(b) Not caring about his grandmother.
(c) Not liking the right type of literature.
(d) Not having traveled enough.

13. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," what does M. de Charlus give the narrator before bed?
(a) A book.
(b) A cup of tea.
(c) A note.
(d) A photograph.

14. How does the narrator's grandmother embarrass the narrator in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) She makes the waiter return her dinner.
(b) She insults Bergotte.
(c) She calls Mme. de Villeparisis by the wrong name.
(d) She hands her coat to the hotel manager.

15. How does Francoise feel about leaving Balbec in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?
(a) She never wants to leave Balbec.
(b) She doesn't care what they do.
(c) She can't wait to go home.
(d) She wants to travel somewhere else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elstir tell the narrator about the group of girls he sees in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

2. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," what makes the narrator notice Albertine?

3. While in Balbec, how does the narrator say he feels when he meets Princesse de Luxembourg?

4. What does Albertine's note to the narrator say in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

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

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