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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. How did Swann feel during his time in Paris?
(a) He was happy.
(b) He was nervous.
(c) He was bored.
(d) He was depressed.

2. How did the narrator feel when Gilberte showed signs of getting closer to him?
(a) He was thrilled.
(b) He was shocked.
(c) All of these.
(d) He was scared.

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

4. What did the family member in Combray suffer from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Concumption.
(c) A venerial disease.
(d) Imaginary ailments.

5. What did the narrator want to be when he grew up?
(a) A painter.
(b) A curator.
(c) A writer.
(d) An actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator like NOT doing while in Combray?

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

3. What was the narrator obsessed with before he fell in love with Gilberte?

4. Who was the narrator's governess?

5. Where did Swann meet Odette?

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