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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the main character describe Swann?
(a) Distinguished.
(b) Knowledgeable.
(c) Fascinating.
(d) Worldly.

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

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

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

5. How did the narrator feel when he was in Combray?
(a) Happy.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Moody.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator say dominated the town of Combray?

2. What did the meal with the main character's mother at the beginning of the book make him think of?

3. What is Swann's first name?

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

5. What expanded as the narrator walked in Combray?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the narrator fill his days in Combray?

2. Why was Great Aunt always happy when the narrator's family would visit her?

3. Who was Eulalie, and what did she do for the narrator's family?

4. How did Mama treat Francois in Combray?

5. How did Charles Swann become connected with the narrator's family?

6. What did the narrator want to be when he grew up and why?

7. Why was the way Grandmother treated Charles Swann so ironic?

8. Why did the narrator's great aunt rarely leave her house?

9. What was the narrator very protective of as a young boy?

10. Why was the narrator surrounded by adults as a child, and what effect did this have on him?

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