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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did the main character say was a shadow of his mother?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His niece.
(d) His aunt.

3. Who introduced Swann to the main character's family?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Mama.

4. Where did the main character grow up?
(a) Cambry.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Versailles.

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

6. Who did the narrator's family visit in Combray?
(a) Cousin William.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Uncle Adolphe.
(d) Great Aunt.

7. What does the main character do as an adult when he can't sleep?
(a) Writes in his journal.
(b) Thinks of all the places he has been.
(c) Drinks some whiskey.
(d) Walks the streets.

8. What did the main character's mother allow him to do even when it was inappropriate?
(a) Express his feelings.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Create art.
(d) Sleep.

9. Why would the main character cry when with his extended family?
(a) He was very scared.
(b) He was very sensitive.
(c) All of these.
(d) He was very grateful.

10. What kind of dreams did the main character have about women when he was a child?
(a) Transcendant dreams.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) Memories.
(d) Sexual dreams.

11. How did the owner of the Combray house keep abreast of the goings on in the town?
(a) Reading the paper.
(b) All of these.
(c) Watching out the window.
(d) Getting gossip.

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

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

14. What did the narrator like NOT doing while in Combray?
(a) Going on walks.
(b) Fighting with his father.
(c) Attending the theater.
(d) Going to dinner parties.

15. Who lived with the family member of the narrator in Combray?
(a) Her servants.
(b) Her college friends.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the main character's family go on vacations?

2. What about the main character was easily bruised as a child?

3. What did the main character say brought Swann to his knees?

4. What caused Swann to stop coming by the main character's house?

5. Why did the main character hate to sleep when he was a child?

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