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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. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?
(a) M. Swann encourages her to make friends.
(b) Leonie gives her money.
(c) She owes Leonie money.
(d) She buys Leonie's cookies.

2. Who does the narrator's mother say she does not want to know in the Swann family?
(a) M. Swann.
(b) Mme. Swann.
(c) Old man Swann.
(d) Gilberte Swann.

3. How does the narrator's family react to Uncle Adolphe's friends?
(a) They love them.
(b) They disapprove.
(c) They are mean to them.
(d) They never meet them.

4. Who takes the narrator to Champs-Elysees every day in "Place-Names"?
(a) His mother.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Bergette.
(d) Francoise.

5. What does Swann consider after hearing a song played on the piano at the Verdurin's?
(a) If he could write music.
(b) If he could play the song himself.
(c) If the song is any good.
(d) If he knows the composer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator's mother refuse to ask about in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

2. What art does M. Vinteuil dabble in?

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

4. After seeing Uncle Adolphe in "Combray," why is the narrator excited?

5. In "Overture," what does the narrator's grandmother buy him for his birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What ends Swann's relationship with Uncle Adolphe?

3. In "Combray," why does the narrator read a lot?

4. What does the narrator do every day at Champs-Elysees in "Place-Names"?

5. In "Mme. Swann at Home," how does the narrator feel about his relationship with Gilberte?

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

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

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

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

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

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