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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. Why did Odette reject Swann?
(a) She was wooed by someone else.
(b) She was too young.
(c) He was not rich enough.
(d) He was too old.

2. Why does the narrator prefer his dreams to reality?
(a) The dreams were more beautiful.
(b) The dreams were safer.
(c) The dreams were private.
(d) All of these.

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

4. How does the narrator describe his life at the time of the death of a family member?
(a) Depressing.
(b) Poignant.
(c) Unexpected.
(d) Nerve wracking.

5. What about Gilberte did the narrator hope to make a union with?
(a) All of these.
(b) Her dreams.
(c) Her body.
(d) Her mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of friends did the Verdurins like to have?

2. Where did Swann meet Odette?

3. How does the narrator describe his governess?

4. What was the name of Gilberte's mother?

5. Who did Swann's feeling for Odette remind the narrator of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator describe the way he fell in love?

5. What was Swann doing with his life before he met Odette?

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

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

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

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

10. What was the nucleus?

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