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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the main character call his mother?

2. How did the narrator feel when he was in Combray?

3. What did the narrator compare works of art to in Combray?

4. How did the narrator meet Eulalie?

5. What country is Combray in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Great Aunt do when she did not have any visitors?

2. What does this book consist of?

3. What did the narrator do after reading one book by Bergotte?

4. What was the boy at the beginning of the book thinking about?

5. What did the narrator say Uncle Adolphe was overcome by?

6. What were the streets in Combray named after?

7. Who was Eulalie, and what did she do for the narrator's family?

8. Why was Great Aunt always happy when the narrator's family would visit her?

9. Why was the narrator forbidden from going to his Uncle Adolphe's house?

10. How did the narrator fill his days in Combray?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes, and how did this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a central theme of this book. What are the main friendships, and how did their inclusion in this book affect the outcome of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Gilberte was a minor character in this book who made a huge impact on the plot. What was her impact, and how would the plot have been altered had she not been included in the story line?

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