View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Place-Names: The Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the family was the most rude to Swann?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Mama.
(c) Father.
(d) Grandmother.

2. What was the owner of the Combray house obsessed with?
(a) His trust fund.
(b) Her imaginary illnesses.
(c) The townspeople.
(d) His mistress.

3. Who passed away while the narrator was a young boy?
(a) Great Aunt.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Cousin William.
(d) Uncle Adolphe.

4. Where did Swann meet Odette?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Combray.
(c) Paris.
(d) Versailles.

5. What was the main character protective of as a young boy?
(a) His money.
(b) His family.
(c) His clothing.
(d) His identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Odette do from time to time after she rejected Swann?

2. What did the narrator realize when Gilberte stopped playing with him?

3. Who discussed the narrator's favorite author with him?

4. What were Swann's visits to the main character's family a source of?

5. What did Swann ask Odette when he confronted her after being rejected?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 213 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample