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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 Verdurins call their group of friends?
(a) The ones.
(b) The nucleus.
(c) The angels.
(d) The group.

2. What did Swann realize after watching Odette in the rain one night?
(a) It was not Odette he was watching.
(b) He was at the wrong bar.
(c) He was looking at the wrong window.
(d) She was not worth his time.

3. Why did Gilberte stop playing with the narrator?
(a) She went on visits with her mother.
(b) She got a job.
(c) She went away to school.
(d) She had a boyfriend.

4. What grew in Odette after she rejected Swann?
(a) Her love.
(b) Her confidence.
(c) Her happiness.
(d) Her beauty.

5. Where is the narrator when he is writing about Balbec?
(a) A train.
(b) A cafe.
(c) A hotel room.
(d) A park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises the narrator when he discusses Balbec?

2. Why did Odette keep limited contact with Swann after she rejected him?

3. What was the feeling often weighing on the narrator when he traveled?

4. Who passed away while the narrator was a young boy?

5. What was Odette's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Swann realize after standing in the rain watching Odette one night?

2. What caused Swann to fall in love with Odette?

3. What was Odette's occupation?

4. What did the narrator say Swann's relationship with Odette reminded him of and why?

5. Why did the narrator think his life mirrored Swann's life?

6. What did Swann do after Odette rejected him?

7. Why did Odette begin to avoid Swann?

8. How does the narrator say he wants to travel?

9. What did the narrator do in an effort to see Gilberts again?

10. How did Francoise become the narrator's governess?

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