View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Swann feel about Odette when they first met?
(a) He was indifferent towards her.
(b) He was enamored with her.
(c) He did not like her.
(d) He was afraid of her.

2. Who introduced Swann to the Verdurins?
(a) Father.
(b) Mama.
(c) Bergotte.
(d) Odette.

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

4. What did Swann concentrate on when Odette rejected him?
(a) Relaxing his mind.
(b) Getting her back.
(c) Making her jealous.
(d) Making more money.

5. Who did Swann's feeling for Odette remind the narrator of?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) Himself.
(d) His Uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Odette mostly work for?

2. What grew in Odette after she rejected Swann?

3. What will the narrator have to abandon to travel the way he wants?

4. What does the narrator like to gaze at while traveling?

5. What did Swann try to avoid after being rejected by Odette?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel end?

2. What does the narrator compare his style of living to?

3. What was interesting about Gilberte knowing Swann's name?

4. What does the narrator not like about traveling?

5. What caused Swann to want to propose to Odette?

6. Why did Odette begin to avoid Swann?

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

8. What was the narrator doing when he fell in love with Gilberte?

9. What did Swann ask Odette after he stood in the rain watching her one night?

10. What does the narrator say at the beginning of his story about Odette and Swann?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 570 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample