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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 Swann realize after watching Odette in the rain one night?
(a) She was not worth his time.
(b) It was not Odette he was watching.
(c) He was at the wrong bar.
(d) He was looking at the wrong window.

2. Who discussed the narrator's favorite author with him?
(a) Uncle Adolphe.
(b) Mama.
(c) Bergotte.
(d) Swann.

3. What did the main character like to listen to as a child?
(a) Private conversations.
(b) Rain on the roof.
(c) Music.
(d) Train whistles.

4. Who was the head maid at the house on Combray?
(a) Emily.
(b) Eulalie.
(c) Francois.
(d) Francine.

5. Which family member incited the most fear in the main character when he was a boy?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His sister.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the narrator like interacting with in Combray?

2. How did Swann feel during his time in Paris?

3. Who invited the narrator to join the group that Gilberte was in?

4. What suffered for Swann after he was rejected by Odette?

5. Why does the narrator prefer his dreams to reality?

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