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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 Elstir do to help the narrator meet Albertine?

2. In "Guermantes Way, Part I," what does Francoise warn the narrator about Mme. de Guermantes?

3. What does Elstir do in the arts?

4. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," why does Bloch accuse the narrator of being a snob?

5. In "Guermantes Way, Part I continued," what does the grandmother take for pain?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens the first time the narrator sees the group of six girls in "Seascap, with Frieze of Girls"?

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

4. What treatments are recommended for the grandmother in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

5. What happens when Bloch accompanies the narrator to see Saint-Loup to his train in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

6. How does Saint-Loup get along with servants?

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator do the first time he meets Gisele?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Bloch and Saint-Loup are two of the narrator's friends. What does each friend have to offer with their friendship? What events in the novel helped to further define these friendships? In what ways are these friends similar? Different? How do these friendships help create a full picture of the narrator?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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