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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Combray.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the main character hate to sleep when he was a child?
(a) He felt like it wasted time.
(b) He missed his mother.
(c) He had bad dreams.
(d) He didn't like the dark.

2. What did the narrator compare works of art to in Combray?
(a) The people in Combray.
(b) All of these.
(c) His imagination.
(d) The landscapes.

3. How did the main character meet Swann?
(a) He was his father's employer.
(b) He was a family friend.
(c) He was his father's employee.
(d) He was an uncle.

4. What did the narrator say Eulalie was good at?
(a) Keeping secrets.
(b) Being pretty.
(c) Gossiping.
(d) Singing.

5. How did the narrator's mother treat Francoise?
(a) Like a servant.
(b) Like a sister.
(c) Like a family friend.
(d) Like a mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the owner of the Combray house keep abreast of the goings on in the town?

2. How did the narrator feel when he was in Paris?

3. How did the narrator feel about Charles' daughter?

4. What did the main character say he was surrounded by as a child?

5. What were Swann's visits to the main character's family a source of?

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