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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. Why do the narrator and his family move into Hotel de Guermantes?

2. What does the grandmother's half-brother do for a living?

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

4. What title does M. de Charlus have?

5. How does the narrator's father believe Mme. de Villeparisis will be able to inspire the narrator's writing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens when the narrator runs into Professor E in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

How does Vinteuil's sonata work a symbol in this novel? What other pieces of music are symbolic? How do these symbols help to create the characters and plot?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the major events that occur while the narrator and his grandmother travel to Balbec. Select three places they visit and explain the importance of each. What do these places symbolize? What happens there that changes this novel? What is so significant about Balbec?

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