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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 does the narrator think towns should live up to?
(a) Their history.
(b) Their residents.
(c) Their visitors.
(d) Their names.

2. What did Swann give Odette, hoping to get her back?
(a) Jewelery.
(b) Money.
(c) A train ticket.
(d) A poem.

3. What did the narrator lose track of while reading in Combray?
(a) His parents.
(b) Time.
(c) His money.
(d) The schedule.

4. Who was the narrator forbidden to see in Combray?
(a) Gilberte.
(b) Cousin William.
(c) Charles.
(d) Uncle Adolphe.

5. What did Odette invite Swann to when they first met?
(a) A dinner party.
(b) The ballet.
(c) The theater.
(d) A coffee shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kept the owner of the house in Combray stranded in the house?

2. Who did Swann's feeling for women before he met Odette remind the narrator of?

3. What did the narrator call Swann's version of love?

4. Where did the narrator's governess take him on walks?

5. Who did the narrator walk with in Combray?

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