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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 compare works of art to in Combray?
(a) The people in Combray.
(b) All of these.
(c) The landscapes.
(d) His imagination.

2. What did Swann give Odette, hoping to get her back?
(a) A train ticket.
(b) Money.
(c) A poem.
(d) Jewelery.

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

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

5. What obsessed Swann about Odette after she rejected him?
(a) Her behavior.
(b) Her looks.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator worry about when considering travel?

2. What kind of dreams did the main character have about women when he was a child?

3. Who owned the house in Combray?

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

5. What did the main character call his mother?

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