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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 in the arts?

2. Who does the narrator's grandmother feel Mme. de Villeparisis is connected to socially?

3. In "Guermantes Way, Part I continued," who does not visit the grandmother?

4. What is Saint-Loup intolerant of?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," what happens when Saint-Loup and the narrator dine with the Bloch family?

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

8. What does Francoise do while in Balbec?

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

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

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?

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

Illness is a major part of the narrator's life and the lives of several other characters. How are these illnesses used to develop the plot and characters? What do the illnesses represent? Why does the author used illness in these situations?

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