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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 refuse to give Odette after he watched her in the rain?
(a) A kiss.
(b) Jewelery.
(c) Wine.
(d) Money.

2. Who introduced Swann to the Verdurins?
(a) Bergotte.
(b) Odette.
(c) Father.
(d) Mama.

3. What makes the narrator feel life and pleasure?
(a) Getting on the rail.
(b) Sailing.
(c) Thinking of his mother.
(d) Writing.

4. Who passed away while the narrator was a young boy?
(a) Great Aunt.
(b) Cousin William.
(c) Uncle Adolphe.
(d) Grandmother.

5. Where was the narrator living when a family member passed away?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Berth.
(c) Combray.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who stopped liking Swann after Odette rejected him?

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

4. How did Swann resolve his situation with Odette?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Swann become involved with the nucleus?

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

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

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

5. How does the novel end?

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

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

8. Why did Odette begin to avoid Swann?

9. Why does the narrator say he prefers his dreams to reality?

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

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