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

2. What senses remind the narrator of dreams?
(a) Sight and smell.
(b) Touch and smell.
(c) Touch and taste.
(d) Sound and sight.

3. What kind of friends did the Verdurins like to have?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Young.
(c) Older.
(d) Eclectic.

4. How did the narrator learn all he could about Gilberte?
(a) He talked to her in private.
(b) He watched her from his window.
(c) He played with her daily.
(d) He talked to her friends.

5. Who did Odette mostly work for?
(a) Children.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Older gentlemen.
(d) Poor farmers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Swann ask Odette when he confronted her after being rejected?

3. How does the narrator want to travel?

4. What was Odette's occupation?

5. What grew in Odette after she rejected Swann?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the novel end?

3. What was the nucleus?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Swann become involved with the nucleus?

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