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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 was the head maid at the house on Combray?
(a) Emily.
(b) Eulalie.
(c) Francois.
(d) Francine.

2. What was most precious to the main character about his mother?
(a) Her face.
(b) Her kisses.
(c) Her kind words.
(d) Her scent.

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

4. What was a huge joke with the narrator's parents in Combray?
(a) The church standards.
(b) The flirting with Eulalie.
(c) The imaginary ailments.
(d) The routine.

5. How did the main character feel about his mother when he was a child?
(a) He was afraid of her.
(b) He adored her.
(c) He hated her.
(d) He was confused by her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Bergotte's occupation?

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

4. What did the narrator say he never did lightly?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mama treat Francois in Combray?

2. How did Grandmother treat Charles Swann?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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