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

2. How does the narrator want to plan his travels?
(a) He wants women to tell him where to go.
(b) He wants to drift at sea until ports are found.
(c) He wants his mother's ghost to lead him.
(d) He wants the train to take him where it will.

3. What was the narrator obsessed with before he fell in love with Gilberte?
(a) Plays.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Art.
(d) Money.

4. How long did Swann stand in the rain watching Odette one night?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

5. What suffered for Swann after he was rejected by Odette?
(a) His health.
(b) His social standing.
(c) His wealth.
(d) His appearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced Swann to the Verdurins?

2. Who was with the narrator when he fell in love with Gilberte?

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

4. What did Swann wish about himself after he was rejected by Odette?

5. How does the narrator describe the history of Balbec?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the nucleus?

2. Why did Odette begin to avoid Swann?

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

4. What kind of relationship did the narrator imagine existed between him and Gilberte?

5. What excuse did Gilberte give when she stopped playing with the narrator?

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

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

8. What was Odette's occupation?

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

10. How does the novel end?

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