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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. Who did the main character send a note to about needing his mother?
(a) His sister.
(b) The housekeeper.
(c) His father.
(d) The house guest.

2. What was the main character obessed with?
(a) His mother.
(b) His books.
(c) Women.
(d) Swann.

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

4. How did the narrator describe his walks through Combray?
(a) Ritualistic.
(b) Relaxing.
(c) Boring.
(d) Enlightening.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the narrator forbidden from seeing someone in Combray?

2. How did the narrator feel when he was in Paris?

3. What was Francois' occupation?

4. What did the family member in Combray suffer from?

5. What about the main character was easily bruised as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the narrator start doing after first meeting Gilberte Swann?

2. What does the narrator choose to do at the beginning of the book, as an adult, when he can not sleep?

3. What caused Charles Swann to be unwelcome in the narrator's home?

4. What did the narrator say Uncle Adolphe was overcome by?

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

6. What was the boy at the beginning of the book thinking about?

7. How did Grandmother treat Charles Swann?

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

9. What did Great Aunt do when she did not have any visitors?

10. Why did the narrator like Combray more than Paris?

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