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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 does the narrator's "magic lantern" do?
(a) Record his favorite songs.
(b) Pick up radio broadcasts.
(c) Project pictures on the wall.
(d) Turn off once it is daylight.

2. Why does Dr. Cottard rise in society?
(a) He tricks people.
(b) He receives a large sum of money.
(c) He marries into the Swann family.
(d) He is a gifted doctor.

3. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator's mother describe Mme. Blatin?
(a) Horrific.
(b) Awful.
(c) Terrific.
(d) Wonderful.

4. What does the narrator's great-aunt Leonie brag about in "Combray"?
(a) That she never sleeps.
(b) That she attracts many men.
(c) That she has saved all her money.
(d) That she hasn't missed a day in church.

5. Who introduces the narrator to whorehouses?
(a) His cousin.
(b) Gilbert.
(c) Mme. Swann.
(d) Bloch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made the narrator's family avoid Swann's Way?

2. What does the narrator give the mistress of a whorehouse as a present in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

3. Which day of the week is dinner served early at Combray?

4. What does the narrator dream about when he walks on Guermantes Way?

5. How does Aunt Leonie imagine her family dying when she is very bored in "Combray"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the anonymous letter Swann receives at the end of "Swann In Love" say?

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

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

7. What ends Swann's relationship with the Verdurins?

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

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

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

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