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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 many rooms of the house in Combray were used by the owner?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. What did the narrator realize when Gilberte stopped playing with him?
(a) She had been told to avoid him.
(b) He put more importance on the friendship than she did.
(c) He had never really loved her, just the idea of her.
(d) She got scared away by his eagerness.

3. What did the Verdurins call their group of friends?
(a) The ones.
(b) The nucleus.
(c) The angels.
(d) The group.

4. Why did Gilberte stop playing with the narrator?
(a) She got a job.
(b) She went away to school.
(c) She had a boyfriend.
(d) She went on visits with her mother.

5. Who did the narrator like interacting with in Combray?
(a) Common people.
(b) His uncle.
(c) Fellow scholars.
(d) Charles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the narrator do in hopes of seeing Gilberte after she stopped playing with him?

3. What is the main character in this book called?

4. What did the main character wonder about when he was sleeping at the beginning of the book?

5. What did Swann imagine as he watched Odette while standing in the rain?

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