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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What caused Swann to stop coming by the main character's house?
(a) His lost fortune.
(b) His trickery.
(c) His treatment of the main character.
(d) His choice of wife.

3. Who did the narrator walk with in Combray?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His mother.
(c) His great aunt.
(d) His father.

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

5. What was different on Saturdays in Combray than the other days?
(a) Eulalie didn't come by.
(b) There was only one church meeting.
(c) The markets were open an hour longer.
(d) Dinner was an hour earlier.

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

7. Why was the bad treatment to Swann ironic?
(a) He enjoyed his time there.
(b) He was a good man.
(c) He was higher class.
(d) He was rude to them as well.

8. How did the main character think bedrooms were supposed to feel?
(a) Warm and cozy.
(b) Safe and familiar.
(c) Bright and welcoming.
(d) Dark and alluring.

9. Where would the main character listen to something he loved as a child?
(a) His grandmother's house.
(b) The church.
(c) The train depot.
(d) His home.

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

11. What was a huge joke with the narrator's parents in Combray?
(a) The imaginary ailments.
(b) The routine.
(c) The church standards.
(d) The flirting with Eulalie.

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

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

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

15. What reminded the narrator of Paris while he was in Combray?
(a) Gloria.
(b) The theater.
(c) Charles's house.
(d) Dinner parties.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the main character describe Swann?

2. How did the narrator travel to get to Combray?

3. What does the main character do as an adult when he can't sleep?

4. What was Swann told to bring with him on each visit to the family?

5. How did the main character describe the furniture in his childhood bedroom?

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