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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 Elstir do to help the narrator meet Albertine?
(a) She takes the narrator to Albertine's father's store.
(b) She throws a tea party.
(c) She writes Albertine a nice letter.
(d) She tricks Albertine into going to a restaurant.

2. In "Guermantes Way, Part I continued," what does the grandmother take for pain?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Motrin.
(d) Vicodin.

3. What does Professor E say about the narrator's grandmother's condition in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?
(a) That it's not serious.
(b) That she'll make a full recovery.
(c) That there are very few cures.
(d) That it is hopeless.

4. What does the narrator say he admires most about Mme. de Sevigne?
(a) Her patience.
(b) Her card playing skills.
(c) Her intellect.
(d) Her looks.

5. Why does the narrator want Saint-Loup to get them a dinner invitation to the Guermantes' in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?
(a) He wants to prove himself.
(b) He's doing his mother a favor.
(c) He wants to eat with Saint-Loup.
(d) He wants to see her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Cottard prescribe when the narrator's grandmother doesn't recognize the narrator?

2. What family does Saint-Loup tell the narrator about in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

3. Who does Bergotte say the narrator's favorite writer resembles in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

4. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," where does the narrator often run into Bloch's sister?

5. Who does M. Bloch pretend to know in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens the first time the narrator meets Marquise Robert de Saint-Loup?

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

5. What upsets the narrator about his stay in the hotel in Balbec?

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

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

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

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

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

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