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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 in Balbec, what does the narrator offer a local girl who delivers a note for him?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Five francs.
(d) A hug.

2. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," how does the narrator feel when he runs into Bloch with Saint-Loup?
(a) Ill.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Proud.

3. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," what makes the narrator notice Albertine?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her voice.
(c) Her smile.
(d) Her hair

4. What does Alix think of Mme. de Villeparisis's picture of the Duchesse?
(a) She thinks it's tacky.
(b) She thinks it's too large.
(c) She thinks it's too small.
(d) She thinks it's a fake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits the narrator's grandmother alone in her room in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

2. In "Place-Names: The Place: Part II," what does M. de Charlus accuse the narrator of?

3. Who does the narrator most fear leaving when he travels to Balbec?

4. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," why does Albertine take the narrator away from Gisele?

5. Where does Mme. de Villeparisis take the narrator in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens when the narrator runs into Professor E 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. What argument does the narrator get into with Bloch in Balbec?

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

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

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

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