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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Swann's visits to the main character's family a source of?
(a) Information.
(b) All of these.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Sociability.

2. Why would the main character cry when with his extended family?
(a) He was very scared.
(b) All of these.
(c) He was very sensitive.
(d) He was very grateful.

3. How did the main character describe the furniture in his childhood bedroom?
(a) Old and dark.
(b) New and bright.
(c) Large and expensive.
(d) Oppresive and elaborate.

4. What kind of dreams did the main character have about women when he was a child?
(a) Memories.
(b) Sexual dreams.
(c) Transcendant dreams.
(d) Nightmares.

5. What did the main character say he was surrounded by as a child?
(a) Children.
(b) Servants.
(c) Celebrities.
(d) Adults.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the main character meet Swann?

2. What kind of surroundings were near the vacation home of the main character?

3. Who did the main character say was a shadow of his mother?

4. What is this book composed of?

5. What did the main character eat with his mother at the beginning of the book?

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