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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 did the narrator's aunt do during her days in Combray?
(a) Look out her window.
(b) Ignore her husband's mistress.
(c) Write.
(d) Visit townspeople.

2. What does the main character do as an adult when he can't sleep?
(a) Drinks some whiskey.
(b) Thinks of all the places he has been.
(c) Walks the streets.
(d) Writes in his journal.

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

4. How did Swann feel when he was rejected by Swann?
(a) He was relieved.
(b) He was indifferent.
(c) He was angry.
(d) He was devastated.

5. What did the main character wonder about when he was sleeping at the beginning of the book?
(a) Why he feels sad.
(b) Where babies come from.
(c) Where time goes.
(d) What his parents do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Swann told to bring with him on each visit to the family?

2. Who hired spies to follow Odette?

3. How did Swann resolve his situation with Odette?

4. How did the narrator travel to get to Combray?

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

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