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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," how does the narrator feel when he runs into Bloch with Saint-Loup?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Proud.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Ill.

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

6. In Balbec, why does the manager of the hotel frighten the narrator?
(a) He is muscular.
(b) He is snobby.
(c) He is charming.
(d) He is too silent.

7. Who does M. Bloch pretend to know in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Lord Stanley.
(b) Livernois.
(c) Mme. Swann.
(d) Bergotte.

8. While in Balbec, what does the narrator offer a local girl who delivers a note for him?
(a) Five francs.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) A hug.

9. What title does M. de Charlus have?
(a) Marquis.
(b) Prince.
(c) Baron.
(d) Lord.

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

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

12. In the hotel in Balbec, how will the narrator get his grandmother's attention?
(a) He will stick his head out the window and yell.
(b) He will tap on the ceiling twice.
(c) He will cough loudly.
(d) He will knock on the wall three times.

13. Why can't Saint-Loup introduce the narrator to Mme. Guermantes in Paris in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?
(a) She shuts the door on them.
(b) He says she is too busy.
(c) She is out of town.
(d) He says she is no longer nice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bergotte say the narrator's favorite writer resembles in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

2. In "Place-Names, The Place: Part I," why can't the narrator talk to M. de Stermaria's daughter?

3. What does Professor E say about making a home visit to the narrator's grandmother in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

4. Who visits the narrator's grandmother alone in her room in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

5. Who lays the grandmother out in her coffin?

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