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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Swann In Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the narrator travel to get to Combray?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Car.
(c) Boat.
(d) Train.

2. How did the main character meet Swann?
(a) He was his father's employee.
(b) He was his father's employer.
(c) He was a family friend.
(d) He was an uncle.

3. What was a huge joke with the narrator's parents in Combray?
(a) The flirting with Eulalie.
(b) The church standards.
(c) The routine.
(d) The imaginary ailments.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator compare works of art to in Combray?

2. What was most precious to the main character about his mother?

3. Why did Odette reject Swann?

4. Why did the main character hate when there were guests at his house?

5. What did Odette do from time to time after she rejected Swann?

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