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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 spend his time in Paris?
(a) Going to dinner.
(b) Attending the opera.
(c) All of these.
(d) Seducing women.

2. Where did the main character's family go on vacations?
(a) Combray.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Marseilles.

3. How did the main character describe the furniture in his childhood bedroom?
(a) New and bright.
(b) Oppresive and elaborate.
(c) Old and dark.
(d) Large and expensive.

4. Who owned the house in Combray?
(a) Cousin William.
(b) Uncle Adolphe.
(c) The Great Aunt.
(d) Grandmother.

5. What did the main character call his mother?
(a) Madre.
(b) Mommy.
(c) Mother.
(d) Mama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the narrator forbidden from seeing someone in Combray?

2. What does the narrator want to taste in different places?

3. What did the narrator say dominated the town of Combray?

4. How did Odette get Swann to love her?

5. Where does the narrator want to travel?

(see the answer key)

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