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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 surroundings were near the vacation home of the main character?
(a) Countryside.
(b) Large city.
(c) Sea-side.
(d) Desert.

2. Where does the narrator want to travel?
(a) The world.
(b) America.
(c) All of Europe.
(d) Africa.

3. What makes the narrator feel life and pleasure?
(a) Thinking of his mother.
(b) Writing.
(c) Getting on the rail.
(d) Sailing.

4. What obsessed Swann about Odette after she rejected him?
(a) All of these.
(b) Her behavior.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) Her looks.

5. What did Swann realize after watching Odette in the rain one night?
(a) It was not Odette he was watching.
(b) He was looking at the wrong window.
(c) He was at the wrong bar.
(d) She was not worth his time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Odette keep limited contact with Swann after she rejected him?

2. How did Odette get Swann to love her?

3. What surprises the narrator when he discusses Balbec?

4. What is the name of Charles' daughter?

5. What suffered for Swann after he was rejected by Odette?

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