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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 eat with his mother at the beginning of the book?

2. What did the main character wonder about when he was sleeping at the beginning of the book?

3. Who discussed the narrator's favorite author with him?

4. What were Swann's visits to the main character's family a source of?

5. Where did the main character grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the narrator look at when he began studying art?

3. What did the narrator start doing after first meeting Gilberte Swann?

4. What were the streets in Combray named after?

5. What does the narrator choose to do at the beginning of the book, as an adult, when he can not sleep?

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

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

8. What did the main character hate about going to bed as a boy?

9. Why did the narrator hate to have house guests when he was a child?

10. Why did the narrator's great aunt rarely leave her house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters in this book are forced to sacrifice much in order to obtain their goals. Who are some of these characters and how did their sacrifices affect the other characters around them? Were these sacrifices worth the reward? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There are many characters in this book who were manipulated and persuaded to do things they did not want to do. What are some of these instances, and how were those characters affected by the manipulation?

Essay Topic 3

The pursuit of happiness is a common theme found in this book. What parts of the plot embody this theme, and how did that pursuit affect the characters involved?

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