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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 "Place-Names," why does the narrator sometimes go to Allee des Acacias?
(a) He can't stand his old park anymore.
(b) He gets lost often.
(c) Gilberte's cousin plays there.
(d) Mme. Swann walks there.

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

3. What does Gilberte do the first time the narrator sees her?
(a) Call to her father.
(b) Signals an insult.
(c) Waves in a friendly way.
(d) Hides.

4. Why does the narrator's mother sleep in his room in "Overture"?
(a) She feels bad for not kissing him goodnight.
(b) His father sees that he is upset.
(c) The narrator is ill.
(d) The narrator requests it.

5. In "Overture," what does the narrator's family do every time a guest comes over?
(a) They pretend to not know who it is.
(b) They leave the house if they don't like who it is.
(c) They wear their best clothing.
(d) They peek at them through the window and hide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps to improve Mme. Swann's opinion of the narrator in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

2. What is Mme. de Saint-Loup's house?

3. Why does the narrator enjoy the fall in "Place-Names"?

4. Where is Combray?

5. How does Mme. Swann tell the narrator secrets in a way that confuses him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In "Overture," how do the narrator's aunts treat M. Swann?

8. What does Gilberte do in "Place-Names" that makes the narrator think she is indifferent towards him?

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

10. What happens the first time the narrator meets Bergotte?

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