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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Swann In Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the narrator's favorite author?
(a) Dickens.
(b) Poe.
(c) Bergotte.
(d) Goethe.

2. What were all the streets in Combray named after?
(a) Countries.
(b) Birds.
(c) Presidents.
(d) Saints.

3. What did the main character have depressing thoughts about at the beginning of the book?
(a) Scary women.
(b) Lonely people.
(c) Watching a storm.
(d) Moving from his home.

4. What did the narrator's aunt do during her days in Combray?
(a) Look out her window.
(b) Visit townspeople.
(c) Write.
(d) Ignore her husband's mistress.

5. Who did the narrator walk with in Combray?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His great aunt.
(d) His cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grew in Odette after she rejected Swann?

2. How did the narrator meet Eulalie?

3. How did the narrator feel when he was in Combray?

4. What calmed the main character's nighttime fears as a child?

5. Why did the main character hate to sleep when he was a child?

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