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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. Who does the narrator's grandmother feel Mme. de Villeparisis is connected to socially?
(a) The Swanns.
(b) The Stermarias.
(c) The Guermantes.
(d) The hotel staff.

2. What does Dr. Cottard prescribe when the narrator's grandmother doesn't recognize the narrator?
(a) Tea.
(b) A mixture of spices.
(c) Leeches.
(d) Fiber.

3. In Balbec, why does the manager of the hotel frighten the narrator?
(a) He is muscular.
(b) He is snobby.
(c) He is charming.
(d) He is too silent.

4. What happens when people dine with Mme. de Villeparis in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?
(a) They are escorted home.
(b) They are given lots of money.
(c) Their social status raises.
(d) Their social status decreases.

5. In "Place-Names: The Place: Part II," what does M. de Charlus accuse the narrator of?
(a) Not knowing what love is.
(b) Not having traveled enough.
(c) Not liking the right type of literature.
(d) Not caring about his grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator's mother request not visit the grandmother so often while she is ill?

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

3. Who used to visit a house M. de Charlus discusses at dinner in Balbec with the narrator and his grandmother?

4. Who lays the grandmother out in her coffin?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Which of Elstir's paintings catches the attention of the narrator in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

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

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