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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 can't Saint-Loup introduce the narrator to Mme. Guermantes in Paris in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?
(a) He says she is too busy.
(b) She shuts the door on them.
(c) She is out of town.
(d) He says she is no longer nice.

2. Why does the narrator initially want to avoid Elstir?
(a) He is interested in other girls.
(b) Elstir isn't pretty enough.
(c) He thinks he might fall in love.
(d) Elstir tells him to stay away.

3. What makes Francoise change her opinion of Saint-Loup?
(a) She finds out he has a mistress.
(b) She sees him hit a servant.
(c) She discovers he is a Republican.
(d) She reads his letter to the editor.

4. In "Place-Names, The Place: Part I," why can't the narrator talk to M. de Stermaria's daughter?
(a) They never get a chance to meet.
(b) They are from different social ranks.
(c) She is too young for the narrator.
(d) She is engaged to someone else.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rachel discuss that makes the narrator find her "malicious" in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

2. Who lays the grandmother out in her coffin?

3. What happens when people dine with Mme. de Villeparis in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?

4. How does M. de Charlus treat the narrator during dinner with his grandmother in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

5. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," what game does the narrator fail at while playing with Albertine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Francoise act during the grandmother's illness?

2. How does the narrator feel before leaving for his trip to Balbec?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the narrator learn about Bergotte when he visits the grandmother during her illness?

10. Why does the narrator want Saint-Loup to talk to Mme. Guermantes in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

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