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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 is Saint-Loup intolerant of?
(a) Strangers.
(b) New literature.
(c) Varying opinions.
(d) Women.

2. How do the narrator and his grandmother travel to Balbec in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?
(a) By foot.
(b) By boat.
(c) By private car.
(d) By train.

3. In "Guermantes Way, Part I continued," who does not visit the grandmother?
(a) Her nieces.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Her sisters.

4. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," why does Albertine take the narrator away from Gisele?
(a) She was afriad of him.
(b) He was staring at her.
(c) He looked bored.
(d) She was engaged to someone else.

5. What does Saint-Loup do when his military leave ends?
(a) Give the narrator a gift.
(b) Sign up for the navy.
(c) Work more.
(d) Go on a vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mme. de Villeparisis take the narrator in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

2. Who does the narrator's grandmother feel Mme. de Villeparisis is connected to socially?

3. What does the narrator say he admires most about Mme. de Sevigne?

4. What does Professor E say about making a home visit to the narrator's grandmother in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

5. Why can't the narrator say good-bye to Saint-Loup when he visits him in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When visiting Elstir's studio in Balbec, why does the narrator want to go to the beach?

2. What happens when Bloch accompanies the narrator to see Saint-Loup to his train in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

3. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," how does the narrator interact with the local Balbec girls?

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

5. How does Saint-Loup get along with servants?

6. How does the narrator feel about the people in Balbec?

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

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

9. What happens the first time the narrator sees the group of six girls in "Seascap, with Frieze of Girls"?

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

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