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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 Swann send to Odette after he was rejected?
(a) Some of her belongings.
(b) A portrait of her.
(c) The gifts she gave him.
(d) Money and gifts.

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

3. What did the narrator say Swann's love was NOT?
(a) A feeling.
(b) A permanence.
(c) An emotion.
(d) An obsession.

4. How did the narrator know when Gilberte got closer to him?
(a) She asked his governess questions about him.
(b) She sought him out.
(c) She called him by his first name.
(d) She held his hand.

5. What was Odette's occupation?
(a) Model.
(b) Escort.
(c) Writer.
(d) Maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Swann feel when he was rejected by Swann?

2. What about Gilberte did the narrator hope to make a union with?

3. What did the Verdurins like to observe?

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

5. How did Odette get Swann to love her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the novel end?

4. What was Odette's occupation?

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

6. What do thoughts of Balbec remind the narrator of?

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

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

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

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

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