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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 give Odette, hoping to get her back?
(a) A poem.
(b) Jewelery.
(c) Money.
(d) A train ticket.

2. What did the narrator do in hopes of seeing Gilberte after she stopped playing with him?
(a) Went to her house.
(b) Attended parties.
(c) Sent letters.
(d) Changed the routes of his walks.

3. Where did the narrator see Gilberte for the second time?
(a) In a museum.
(b) By a river.
(c) In a market.
(d) A park.

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

5. What does the narrator say ruined much of his travels?
(a) Illnessess.
(b) Rudeness.
(c) Anticipation.
(d) Pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Odette invite Swann to when they first met?

2. What did the Verdurins like to do?

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

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

5. Who hired spies to follow Odette?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Odette's occupation?

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

5. What does the narrator not like about traveling?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Swann become involved with the nucleus?

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