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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Swann realize after watching Odette in the rain one night?
(a) It was not Odette he was watching.
(b) He was looking at the wrong window.
(c) He was at the wrong bar.
(d) She was not worth his time.

2. How does the narrator describe his governess?
(a) Boring.
(b) Reliable.
(c) Predictable.
(d) Brilliant.

3. Where does the narrator want to travel?
(a) Africa.
(b) America.
(c) All of Europe.
(d) The world.

4. What surprises the narrator when he discusses Balbec?
(a) The memories are so different.
(b) She had hated her time there.
(c) He has never been there.
(d) They had stayed at the same place.

5. How did Swann resolve his situation with Odette?
(a) He proposed to her.
(b) He got a new job in Combray.
(c) He rejected her.
(d) He paid for her to move away.

6. What did Swann send to Odette after he was rejected?
(a) Some of her belongings.
(b) The gifts she gave him.
(c) Money and gifts.
(d) A portrait of her.

7. What will the narrator have to abandon to travel the way he wants?
(a) His family.
(b) His career.
(c) His routine.
(d) His life path.

8. Who did the narrator sometimes see when he made efforts to meet Gilberte when she stopped playing with him?
(a) Francoise.
(b) Charles.
(c) William.
(d) Odette.

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

10. What was the name of Gilberte's mother?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Francoise.
(c) Marie.
(d) Odette.

11. What suffered for Swann after he was rejected by Odette?
(a) His wealth.
(b) His health.
(c) His social standing.
(d) His appearance.

12. What was the feeling often weighing on the narrator when he traveled?
(a) Lethargy.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Disappointment.

13. Where was the narrator living when a family member passed away?
(a) Combray.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berth.

14. What did the Verdurins like to do?
(a) Play with their tight group of friends.
(b) Judge others.
(c) Be seen in public places.
(d) Travel the world.

15. What did the narrator say Swann's love was NOT?
(a) A feeling.
(b) An obsession.
(c) A permanence.
(d) An emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Odette invite Swann to when they first met?

2. Why does the narrator prefer his dreams to reality?

3. What did Swann concentrate on when Odette rejected him?

4. What did Swann ask Odette when he confronted her after being rejected?

5. What obsessed Swann about Odette after she rejected him?

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