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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. While visiting Saint-Loup in "Guermantes Way, Part I," what does the narrator talk about with the soldiers?
(a) Technology.
(b) Higher education.
(c) Women.
(d) Military strategy.

2. How does the narrator describe Bloch's manners in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Developing.
(b) Changing.
(c) Good.
(d) Bad.

3. What is the reputation of Marquise Robert de Saint-Loup?
(a) He is a fool.
(b) He is a womanizer.
(c) He is sloppy.
(d) He is violent.

4. Who does M. Bloch pretend to know in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Lord Stanley.
(b) Bergotte.
(c) Livernois.
(d) Mme. Swann.

5. How does the narrator feel about his friendship with Saint-Loup?
(a) He barely knows Saint-Loup.
(b) He values it more than others.
(c) He doesn't cherish it.
(d) He decides to put more effort into it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the grandmother's half-brother do for a living?

3. In "Guermantes Way, Part I continued," who does not visit the grandmother?

4. What title does M. de Charlus have?

5. In "Guermantes Way, Part I," at the Villeparisis' party, what impresses the narrator most about Mme. de Villeparisis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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