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

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

3. Who did the main character say was a shadow of his mother?
(a) His niece.
(b) His sister.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His father.

4. How did the main character describe the furniture in his childhood bedroom?
(a) New and bright.
(b) Large and expensive.
(c) Old and dark.
(d) Oppresive and elaborate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these was NOT a walking route in Combray?

2. How did the narrator feel about Combray?

3. What is the name of Charles' daughter?

4. What did the narrator start doing after he met Charles' daughter?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the narrator forbidden from going to his Uncle Adolphe's house?

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

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

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

6. How did Mama treat Francois in Combray?

7. What did the main character hate about going to bed as a boy?

8. What did the narrator call his parents and what does this reveal about them?

9. Why did the narrator hate to have house guests when he was a child?

10. How did the narrator differ from other boys his age?

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