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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 try to avoid after being rejected by Odette?
(a) His wounded ego.
(b) Her judgment.
(c) Her wrath.
(d) His heart ache.

2. What did the narrator say left his life when Gilberte stopped playing with him?
(a) Hope.
(b) Obsession.
(c) Love.
(d) Elegance.

3. What did the narrator realize when Gilberte stopped playing with him?
(a) He put more importance on the friendship than she did.
(b) He had never really loved her, just the idea of her.
(c) She got scared away by his eagerness.
(d) She had been told to avoid him.

4. Who does the narrator discuss Balbec with?
(a) Uncle Adolphe.
(b) Swann.
(c) Odette.
(d) Mama.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Swann send to Odette after he was rejected?

3. How does the narrator describe his governess?

4. What was the narrator obsessed with before he fell in love with Gilberte?

5. Who invited the narrator to join the group that Gilberte was in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Swann become involved with the nucleus?

6. What did Odette ask for that Swann refused to give to her?

7. What does the narrator not like about traveling?

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

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

10. Why did Odette begin to avoid Swann?

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