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

2. How did the narrator feel about Charles' daughter?
(a) He was enraptured with her.
(b) He was nervous around her.
(c) He did not like her at all.
(d) He was afraid of her.

3. What caused Swann to stop coming by the main character's house?
(a) His trickery.
(b) His treatment of the main character.
(c) His lost fortune.
(d) His choice of wife.

4. Why did the main character hate when there were guests at his house?
(a) They drank his whiskey.
(b) They used his bedroom.
(c) They took up his mother's time.
(d) They mocked his small stature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the main character surrounded by certain people as a child?

2. What did the narrator say he never did lightly?

3. How did the main character describe Swann?

4. How did the narrator meet Eulalie?

5. What was the main character protective of as a young boy?

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