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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: The Place, Part II," why does Bloch accuse the narrator of being a snob?
(a) Because he is spending time with a marquis.
(b) Because he found money.
(c) Because he criticized art in a museum.
(d) Because he ordered dinner in French.

2. What does Alix think of Mme. de Villeparisis's picture of the Duchesse?
(a) She thinks it's too small.
(b) She thinks it's a fake.
(c) She thinks it's tacky.
(d) She thinks it's too large.

3. Who does the narrator pretend to be interested in when he really likes Albertine?
(a) Andree.
(b) Elstir.
(c) Dana.
(d) Mme. Bontemps.

4. Why can't the narrator say good-bye to Saint-Loup when he visits him in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?
(a) The narrator is angry with Saint-Loup.
(b) Saint-Loup is called to active duty.
(c) Saint-Loup is off with a woman.
(d) The narrator oversleeps.

5. Who does the narrator's grandmother feel Mme. de Villeparisis is connected to socially?
(a) The Guermantes.
(b) The hotel staff.
(c) The Stermarias.
(d) The Swanns.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the hotel in Balbec, how will the narrator get his grandmother's attention?

2. What makes Francoise change her opinion of Saint-Loup?

3. Who lays the grandmother out in her coffin?

4. Who used to visit a house M. de Charlus discusses at dinner in Balbec with the narrator and his grandmother?

5. What does Elstir tell the narrator about the group of girls he sees in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does M. de Charlus feel about the narrator's grandmother in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

2. What treatments are recommended for the grandmother in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

3. While in Balbec, how does Francoise react to Mme. de Villeparisis?

4. What does Francoise do while in Balbec?

5. What argument does the narrator get into with Bloch in Balbec?

6. What happens the first time the narrator meets Albertine?

7. What happens when the narrator runs into Professor E in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

8. What does the narrator do the first time he meets Gisele?

9. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," what happens when Saint-Loup and the narrator dine with the Bloch family?

10. What happens when Saint-Loup's mother arrives at Mme. de Villeparisis's party?

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