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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 main character like to listen to as a child?
(a) Train whistles.
(b) Private conversations.
(c) Rain on the roof.
(d) Music.

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

3. What did the main character say he was surrounded by as a child?
(a) Children.
(b) Celebrities.
(c) Servants.
(d) Adults.

4. What reminded the narrator of Paris while he was in Combray?
(a) Dinner parties.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Charles's house.
(d) The theater.

5. Who did the narrator like interacting with in Combray?
(a) Charles.
(b) Common people.
(c) Fellow scholars.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator say Eulalie was good at?

2. How did the narrator meet Eulalie?

3. Where would the main character listen to something he loved as a child?

4. What was Bergotte's occupation?

5. Where did the main character grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the narrator do after reading one book by Bergotte?

3. How did Mama treat Francois in Combray?

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

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

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

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

8. How did Grandmother treat Charles Swann?

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

10. What does this book consist of?

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