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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. Who did Swann's feeling for women before he met Odette remind the narrator of?
(a) His Uncle.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) Himself.

2. Who was the narrator's favorite author?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Poe.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Bergotte.

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

4. Who was the narrator's governess?
(a) Francoise.
(b) Bergotte.
(c) Maria.
(d) Odette.

5. What were Swann's visits to the main character's family a source of?
(a) Information.
(b) Sociability.
(c) All of these.
(d) Entertainment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Swann ask Odette when he confronted her after being rejected?

2. What caused Swann to stop coming by the main character's house?

3. What did the Verdurins like to observe?

4. Who did Odette mostly work for?

5. How did the narrator feel about Combray?

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