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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 family does Saint-Loup tell the narrator about in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

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

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

4. What makes Francoise change her opinion of Saint-Loup?

5. While in Balbec, how does the narrator say he feels when he meets Princesse de Luxembourg?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. When visiting Elstir's studio in Balbec, why does the narrator want to go to the beach?

8. What does Francoise do while in Balbec?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is so significant about the implied death of M. Swann? Why has the author chosen to end the novel this way? What does this mean for the narrator and the plot in general?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Guermantes' Way with Swann's Way. Consider the physical appearances of the paths, the reason they are used, and what they mean for the characters.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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