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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 kind of person did Swann stop seeing after he was rejected by Odette?
(a) Poor people.
(b) Children.
(c) Wealthy people.
(d) Women.

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

3. What is Swann's first name?
(a) Thayne.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Charles.
(d) Thomas.

4. To what does the narrator compare the places he traveled to?
(a) The paintings of those places.
(b) The descriptions in books.
(c) The descriptions from others.
(d) His mental images.

5. Who invited the narrator to join the group that Gilberte was in?
(a) Francoise.
(b) Charles.
(c) Gilberte.
(d) Odette.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Swann stand in the rain watching Odette one night?

2. What did the family member in Combray suffer from?

3. Why did Gilberte stop playing with the narrator?

4. How often did the Verdurins like to see their group of friends?

5. Which family member incited the most fear in the main character when he was a boy?

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