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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. Where does the narrator want to travel?

2. What surprises the narrator when he discusses Balbec?

3. How did Swann feel during his time in Paris?

4. What does the narrator think of when describing Balbec?

5. How does the narrator describe the history of Balbec?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did the narrator think his life mirrored Swann's life?

4. What does the narrator say at the beginning of his story about Odette and Swann?

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

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

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

8. What does the narrator not like about traveling?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Maturity is a theme presented in a number of places and is manifested in a number of ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

Essay Topic 3

Despair is an emotion that affected a number of the characters in this book. Which characters were most affected by despair, and how did this change the course of the plot branches they were involved in?

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