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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. What made the narrator's family avoid Swann's Way?
(a) The crime along the path.
(b) It was too long of a walk.
(c) The service fee.
(d) Swann's marriage.

2. How does Mme. Swann tell the narrator secrets in a way that confuses him?
(a) She speaks in English.
(b) She speaks backwards.
(c) She leaves out the ending.
(d) She speaks in French.

3. What happens when Swann takes Odette on vacation in "Swann In Love"?
(a) He is jealous of all the other men.
(b) He gets lost.
(c) He leaves Odette behind.
(d) He spends too much money.

4. In "Place-Names," where does the narrator find Gilbert they day she is not at the park?
(a) At his house.
(b) At a department store.
(c) At her house.
(d) At a friend's house.

5. What does the narrator dream about when he walks on Guermantes Way?
(a) Becoming a famous writer.
(b) Making a good living.
(c) Being accepted by the Guermantes.
(d) Meeting a pretty girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What art does M. Vinteuil dabble in?

2. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?

3. What religion does Blotch practice?

4. In "Place-Names," why does the narrator sometimes go to Allee des Acacias?

5. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Overture," when M. Swann comes for dinner, what ploy for his mother's attention does the narrator devise?

2. As a young boy how did the narrator spend his time before and after dinner?

3. What happens on New Year's Even in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

4. In "Place-Names," what does the narrator do every day after Gilberte leaves?

5. What does M. Vinteuil do with his compositions in "Combray" that the narrator finds funny?

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

7. What does the narrator learn about the Swanns when he talks about them with his mother in "Place-Names"?

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

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

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

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