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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 happened after the main character sent a note about needing his mother?
(a) His sister made fun of him.
(b) His mother spent the night in his room.
(c) His nightmares came back.
(d) His father whipped him.

2. What did the narrator start doing after he met Charles' daughter?
(a) Became good friends with Charles again.
(b) Avoided all places she might be.
(c) Living a life parallel to hers.
(d) Wrote about his feelings for her.

3. What did the main character say he was surrounded by as a child?
(a) Servants.
(b) Children.
(c) Adults.
(d) Celebrities.

4. Why did Odette reject Swann?
(a) He was not rich enough.
(b) He was too old.
(c) She was too young.
(d) She was wooed by someone else.

5. What did the main character have depressing thoughts about at the beginning of the book?
(a) Moving from his home.
(b) Lonely people.
(c) Scary women.
(d) Watching a storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would the main character cry when with his extended family?

2. What does the narrator think towns should live up to?

3. How many rooms of the house in Combray were used by the owner?

4. What did the narrator become interested in while in Combray?

5. What grew in Odette after she rejected Swann?

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