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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Swann In Love," what does Swann say he is studying whenever he is with Odette?
(a) History.
(b) Money.
(c) His future.
(d) Art.

2. In "Place-Names," why does Gilberte tell the narrator she won't be around for long?
(a) The holidays require travel.
(b) She is starting a new school.
(c) She found a new set of friends.
(d) Her family is moving.

3. What does the narrator long to see Berma do in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) Recite poetry.
(b) Act.
(c) Paint.
(d) Read.

4. What does Swann leave behind the first time he visits Odette's house?
(a) His keys.
(b) His jacket.
(c) A cigarette case.
(d) A pair of cuff links.

5. What religion does Blotch practice?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Buddism.
(c) Judiasm.
(d) Luthern.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Mme. Swann at Home," when does Gilberte have tea parties?

2. What disappoints the narrator when he finally meets Bergotte?

3. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator's mother describe Mme. Blatin?

4. Where is Combray?

5. Who visits the narrator's family most often when he is a young boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Combray," why does the narrator want to meet M. Swann's daughter?

2. What happens the night Odette tells Swann she isn't feeling well and sends him home early?

3. What happens when the narrator's family decides to walk through Swann's Gardens after having not walked that way since M. Swann's marriage?

4. Why is the narrator not allowed to return to Champs-Elysees?

5. What makes Bergotte see the narrator as an intellectual?

6. What happens the first two times Swann visits Odette's house?

7. How does the narrator's grandmother start a fight with her family in "Overture"?

8. In "Overture," how does the narrator describe his sleep?

9. Why does the narrator visit his Uncle Adolphe frequently in "Combray"?

10. What does Gilberte do in "Place-Names" that makes the narrator think she might like him?

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