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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Swann's visits to the main character's family a source of?
(a) Sociability.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) All of these.
(d) Information.

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

3. What season did the main character's family take vacations?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

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

5. What did the main character eat with his mother at the beginning of the book?
(a) Salad and water.
(b) Bread and cheese.
(c) Tea and cake.
(d) Pasta and wine.

6. How did the narrator meet Eulalie?
(a) She was friends with his aunt.
(b) She was the maid at the Combray house.
(c) She was his uncle's mistress.
(d) She walked the same route in Combray.

7. Who was the head maid at the house on Combray?
(a) Francois.
(b) Emily.
(c) Eulalie.
(d) Francine.

8. How did the narrator feel about Charles' daughter?
(a) He was enraptured with her.
(b) He was nervous around her.
(c) He was afraid of her.
(d) He did not like her at all.

9. Why did the main character hate to sleep when he was a child?
(a) He felt like it wasted time.
(b) He had bad dreams.
(c) He didn't like the dark.
(d) He missed his mother.

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

11. What was the main character's uncle's name?
(a) Adolphe.
(b) Ade.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Anderson.

12. What did the family member in Combray suffer from?
(a) Imaginary ailments.
(b) Concumption.
(c) A venerial disease.
(d) Cancer.

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

14. How did the narrator travel to get to Combray?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Boat.
(c) Car.
(d) Train.

15. How did the narrator feel about Combray?
(a) He was afraid of it.
(b) He endured it.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He hated it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator like NOT doing while in Combray?

2. What was the main feature of the aunt's room in the house in Combray?

3. What was the owner of the Combray house obsessed with?

4. What was Francois' occupation?

5. What country is Combray in?

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