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

2. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," how does the narrator feel when he runs into Bloch with Saint-Loup?

3. Who does Bergotte say the narrator's favorite writer resembles in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

4. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part I," what does the doctor recommend for the narrator's nerves?

5. In Balbec, what do some of the ladies at the hotel doubt about the Marquis and the Princess?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in "Guermantes Way, Part I" when the narrator's grandmother becomes ill?

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

3. What happens when Mme. Swann arrives at Mme. de Villeparisis's party?

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

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

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

7. What does the narrator learn about Bergotte when he visits the grandmother during her illness?

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

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

10. What does Francoise do while in Balbec?

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

Describe and analyze the relationship between the narrator and his mother. Follow their relationship from boyhood into adulthood. What things change? What remain the same? What does each character want from the other?

Essay Topic 3

After a period of day-dreaming about Mme. Guermantes, the narrator becomes disillusioned with her. Follow the chain of events that takes the narrator from love to indifference. What does this change mean for the narrator? What does is represent in the larger picture of his society?

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