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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 must the narrator cancel his travel plans in "Place-Names"?
(a) He starts school.
(b) Illness.
(c) Lack of money.
(d) Work.

2. What does the narrator buy a picture of for himself at the beginning of the new year in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Gilberte.
(c) His mother.
(d) Berma.

3. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator feel the day M. Swann picks up Gilberte from playing?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Excited.
(c) Impressed.
(d) Upset.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bergotte, what does illness do?

2. How does the narrator afford the gifts he buys for the Swanns in "Mme Swann at Home"?

3. In "Combray," what writer does M. Swann know?

4. What does Swann leave behind the first time he visits Odette's house?

5. In "Place-Names," what happens the day the narrator fears Gilberte Swann will not come to play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In "Place-Names," what does the narrator say has changed about his faith since his childhood?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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