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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. How did Swann feel about Odette when they first met?

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

3. Who did Odette mostly work for?

4. Why did Odette ask for something after Swann watched her in the rain?

5. How does the narrator describe his life at the time of the death of a family member?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the Verdurins and what did they do?

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

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

4. What was the nucleus?

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

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

7. How did Swann become involved with the nucleus?

8. How does the narrator describe the way he fell in love?

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

10. What does the narrator not like about traveling?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets, and how did their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might Proust have chosen these settings for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Much of this plot follows the relationship between Swann and Odette. How did this relationship change over the course of the plot, and what caused these changes?

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