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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 grew in Odette after she rejected Swann?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her happiness.
(c) Her confidence.
(d) Her love.

2. What did the meal with the main character's mother at the beginning of the book make him think of?
(a) His summer home.
(b) His time with Swann.
(c) His school house.
(d) His art collection.

3. What was the feeling often weighing on the narrator when he traveled?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Lethargy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.

4. How does the narrator want to travel?
(a) On foot.
(b) By air.
(c) By rail.
(d) On a boat.

5. What did Swann concentrate on when Odette rejected him?
(a) Making more money.
(b) Relaxing his mind.
(c) Getting her back.
(d) Making her jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the narrator feel life and pleasure?

2. Where is the narrator when he is writing about Balbec?

3. What was Odette's occupation?

4. What did the narrator realize when Gilberte stopped playing with him?

5. How did the main character think bedrooms were supposed to feel?

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