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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kept the owner of the house in Combray stranded in the house?
(a) His affair.
(b) His bad knee.
(c) Her imaginary ailments.
(d) Her fear of public opinion.

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

3. Why did the main character hate when there were guests at his house?
(a) They mocked his small stature.
(b) They took up his mother's time.
(c) They used his bedroom.
(d) They drank his whiskey.

4. Who owned the house in Combray?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Cousin William.
(c) Uncle Adolphe.
(d) The Great Aunt.

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

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

7. What did the narrator say he never did lightly?
(a) Confided in others.
(b) Expressed himself.
(c) Read.
(d) Loved.

8. What about Swann did the main character's family talk about?
(a) All of these.
(b) His art collection.
(c) His reputation.
(d) His clothing.

9. What kind of surroundings were near the vacation home of the main character?
(a) Large city.
(b) Countryside.
(c) Desert.
(d) Sea-side.

10. What did the narrator contemplate often while in Combray?
(a) Literature.
(b) Art.
(c) All of these.
(d) Music.

11. What did the narrator become interested in while in Combray?
(a) The theater.
(b) The library.
(c) The opera.
(d) The ball fields.

12. What was most precious to the main character about his mother?
(a) Her face.
(b) Her kisses.
(c) Her kind words.
(d) Her scent.

13. What did the main character say brought Swann to his knees?
(a) Mama.
(b) Money.
(c) Women.
(d) God.

14. What country is Combray in?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Hungary.

15. What did the narrator say dominated the town of Combray?
(a) A town hall.
(b) The train station.
(c) The ocean.
(d) A church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the main character feel about his mother when he was a child?

2. What was a huge joke with the narrator's parents in Combray?

3. Where would the main character listen to something he loved as a child?

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

5. What did the narrator compare works of art to in Combray?

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