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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swann wait for when Odette is in Paris in "Swann In Love"?

2. What often happens to the narrator during the night in "Overture"?

3. What does Swann leave behind the first time he visits Odette's house?

4. In "Swann In Love," why can't Swann leave Paris?

5. Swann tends to court what type of lady?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Overture," when M. Swann comes for dinner, what ploy for his mother's attention does the narrator devise?

2. What happens the night Odette tells Swann she isn't feeling well and sends him home early?

3. What does Gilberte do in "Place-Names" that makes the narrator think she might like him?

4. In "Mme. Swann at Home," how does the narrator feel about his relationship with Gilberte?

5. Why is the narrator not allowed to return to Champs-Elysees?

6. What happens when Swann spends time away from Odette in "Swann In Love"?

7. What happens when the narrator's family decides to walk through Swann's Gardens after having not walked that way since M. Swann's marriage?

8. In "Overture," how does the narrator describe his sleep?

9. What ends Swann's relationship with the Verdurins?

10. As a young boy how did the narrator spend his time before and after dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the military play in this novel? How do the characters feel toward the military? How is it significant that Saint-Loup is in the military? What does the military and military action represent in this novel.

Essay Topic 2

The narrator is almost always preoccupied with social class standing. Explain the cause and effect of this obsession. Why is social class such an important issue? How does the narrator resolve his desire to raise his class?

Essay Topic 3

Select three marriages in this novel and compare and contrast them. What is the commentary on marriage that this novel provides?

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