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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 was the owner of the Combray house obsessed with?
(a) His mistress.
(b) Her imaginary illnesses.
(c) His trust fund.
(d) The townspeople.

2. What was the main character's uncle's name?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Ade.
(d) Adolphe.

3. How did the narrator's mother treat Francoise?
(a) Like a servant.
(b) Like a sister.
(c) Like a mistress.
(d) Like a family friend.

4. Which family member incited the most fear in the main character when he was a boy?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the meal with the main character's mother at the beginning of the book make him think of?

2. Who in the family was the most rude to Swann?

3. What is Swann's first name?

4. What kind of surroundings were near the vacation home of the main character?

5. What does the author say had a deep impact on reality?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was intriguing to the narrator about Charles Swann?

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

4. How did Mama treat Francois in Combray?

5. What did Great Aunt suffer from?

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

7. What was the narrator very protective of as a young boy?

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

9. What did the narrator want to be when he grew up and why?

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

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