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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. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," what game does the narrator fail at while playing with Albertine?
(a) Ferret.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Euchre.
(d) Bocce.

2. What does the narrator's grandmother do when the narrator suffers a fever attack in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) She gives him warm soup.
(b) She ignores the doctor's advice.
(c) She gives him a cold bath.
(d) She follows the doctor's advice.

3. What makes the narrator uneasy with his hotel room in Balbec?
(a) It is too large.
(b) The smell.
(c) It is unfamiliar.
(d) There is only one window.

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

5. During the party at the Villeparisis' in "Guermantes Way, Part I," who embarrasses the narrator?
(a) Bloch.
(b) Alix.
(c) Mme. de Villeparisis.
(d) Saint-Loup.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the narrator pretend to be interested in when he really likes Albertine?

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

4. How much time passes between "Place-names" and "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Francoise do while in Balbec?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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