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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Place-Names: The Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of person did Swann stop seeing after he was rejected by Odette?
(a) Children.
(b) Wealthy people.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Women.

2. Who stopped liking Swann after Odette rejected him?
(a) Paul.
(b) The Verdurins.
(c) Bergotte.
(d) The narrator.

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

4. Who did Swann's feeling for women before he met Odette remind the narrator of?
(a) Himself.
(b) His Uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandmother.

5. Why was the narrator forbidden from seeing someone in Combray?
(a) He was a heavy drinker.
(b) She was known to be engaged.
(c) He had courtesans at his home.
(d) She was not worthy to marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator do in hopes of seeing Gilberte after she stopped playing with him?

2. What country is Combray in?

3. What never varied while the narrator was in Combray?

4. How did the narrator learn all he could about Gilberte?

5. Who invited the narrator to join the group that Gilberte was in?

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