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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the main character's mother allow him to do even when it was inappropriate?
(a) Create art.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Express his feelings.
(d) Kiss her.

2. Who discussed the narrator's favorite author with him?
(a) Uncle Adolphe.
(b) Mama.
(c) Swann.
(d) Bergotte.

3. Who in the family was the most rude to Swann?
(a) Mama.
(b) Father.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Uncle.

4. What did the main character wonder about when he was sleeping at the beginning of the book?
(a) Where time goes.
(b) What his parents do.
(c) Where babies come from.
(d) Why he feels sad.

5. What did the main character like to listen to as a child?
(a) Private conversations.
(b) Music.
(c) Train whistles.
(d) Rain on the roof.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was the narrator forbidden from seeing someone in Combray?

3. Where would the main character listen to something he loved as a child?

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

5. What did the family member in Combray suffer from?

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