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

2. How does Francoise feel about leaving Balbec in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?
(a) She can't wait to go home.
(b) She never wants to leave Balbec.
(c) She doesn't care what they do.
(d) She wants to travel somewhere else.

3. Who does the narrator most fear leaving when he travels to Balbec?
(a) Odette.
(b) His mother.
(c) Gilberte.
(d) His father.

4. In Balbec, what do some of the ladies at the hotel doubt about the Marquis and the Princess?
(a) Their marriagability.
(b) Their kindness.
(c) Their authenticity.
(d) Their ages.

5. 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 is out of town.
(c) She shuts the door on them.
(d) He says she is no longer nice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the narrator uneasy with his hotel room in Balbec?

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

3. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part I," what does the doctor recommend for the narrator's nerves?

4. What is Saint-Loup intolerant of?

5. What does Albertine give the narrator as a gift when she returns from visiting her aunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Francoise do while in Balbec?

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

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

4. While in Balbec, what upsets the narrator about running into the Marquise de Villeparisis?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens in "Guermantes Way, Part I" when the narrator's grandmother becomes ill?

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