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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Mme. de Villeparisis take the narrator in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Churches.
(b) The sea.
(c) Bathing houses.
(d) Restaurants.

3. What does Alix think of Mme. de Villeparisis's picture of the Duchesse?
(a) She thinks it's tacky.
(b) She thinks it's too small.
(c) She thinks it's a fake.
(d) She thinks it's too large.

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

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

6. What does Albertine's note to the narrator say in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?
(a) It's over.
(b) I know what you are doing.
(c) Tell me the truth.
(d) I love you.

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

8. How do the narrator and his grandmother travel to Balbec in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?
(a) By boat.
(b) By train.
(c) By private car.
(d) By foot.

9. In "Guermantes Way, Part I continued," who does not visit the grandmother?
(a) Her nieces.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her sisters.

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

11. What does Saint-Loup do when his military leave ends?
(a) Sign up for the navy.
(b) Give the narrator a gift.
(c) Work more.
(d) Go on a vacation.

12. What treatment does the grandmother use shortly before her death?
(a) Bleeding.
(b) Radiation.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Filtered water.

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

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

15. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," what makes the narrator notice Albertine?
(a) Her voice.
(b) Her smile.
(c) Her hair
(d) Her eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bloch feel he should visit Saint-Loup in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

2. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," where does the narrator often run into Bloch's sister?

3. Why do the narrator and his family move into Hotel de Guermantes?

4. What body part is affected by the narrator's grandmother's illness in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

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

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