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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 season did the main character's family take vacations?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

2. What did the narrator say dominated the town of Combray?
(a) A town hall.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A church.
(d) The train station.

3. What is Swann's first name?
(a) Thayne.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Charles.
(d) Thomas.

4. How did the narrator travel to get to Combray?
(a) Train.
(b) Carriage.
(c) Boat.
(d) Car.

5. Why did the main character hate when there were guests at his house?
(a) They used his bedroom.
(b) They drank his whiskey.
(c) They mocked his small stature.
(d) They took up his mother's time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator become interested in while in Combray?

2. How did the main character meet Swann?

3. What did the narrator want to be when he grew up?

4. What did the narrator compare works of art to in Combray?

5. What was most precious to the main character about his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Charles do when he saw the narrator reading one day?

4. What happened one night when the narrator sent a note that he needed his mother?

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

6. What dreams were recurring to the narrator as a child?

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

8. What did the narrator look at when he began studying art?

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

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

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