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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Swann imagine as he watched Odette while standing in the rain?
(a) Making love to her.
(b) Marrying her.
(c) Killing her.
(d) Her with other lovers.

2. How did the narrator feel when Gilberte showed signs of getting closer to him?
(a) He was thrilled.
(b) He was scared.
(c) All of these.
(d) He was shocked.

3. Who hired spies to follow Odette?
(a) Swann.
(b) Uncle Adolphe.
(c) Her lover after Swann.
(d) The Verdurins.

4. What does the narrator say filled his life at the end of the book?
(a) Hopes.
(b) Memories.
(c) Fantasies.
(d) Dreams.

5. What does the narrator say drew him to Gilberte?
(a) She reminded him of some of his childhood dreams.
(b) She was in the higher class.
(c) She was not at all like him.
(d) She was beautiful.

6. What kind of friends did the Verdurins like to have?
(a) Young.
(b) Eclectic.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Older.

7. How did the narrator learn all he could about Gilberte?
(a) He played with her daily.
(b) He watched her from his window.
(c) He talked to her friends.
(d) He talked to her in private.

8. How often did the Verdurins like to see their group of friends?
(a) Bi-weekly.
(b) Monthly.
(c) Daily.
(d) Weekly.

9. Why does the narrator prefer his dreams to reality?
(a) The dreams were more beautiful.
(b) The dreams were private.
(c) The dreams were safer.
(d) All of these.

10. What senses remind the narrator of dreams?
(a) Sight and smell.
(b) Touch and taste.
(c) Touch and smell.
(d) Sound and sight.

11. What did Swann give Odette, hoping to get her back?
(a) Jewelery.
(b) Money.
(c) A train ticket.
(d) A poem.

12. Why did Odette reject Swann?
(a) She was too young.
(b) He was too old.
(c) He was not rich enough.
(d) She was wooed by someone else.

13. What does the narrator say ruined much of his travels?
(a) Illnessess.
(b) Pride.
(c) Anticipation.
(d) Rudeness.

14. Who introduced Swann to the Verdurins?
(a) Mama.
(b) Father.
(c) Odette.
(d) Bergotte.

15. What did the Verdurins call their group of friends?
(a) The angels.
(b) The group.
(c) The nucleus.
(d) The ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator want to travel?

2. What did the narrator realize when Gilberte stopped playing with him?

3. How does the narrator describe his life at the time of the death of a family member?

4. Where was the narrator living when a family member passed away?

5. What does the narrator want to taste in different places?

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