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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Place-Names: The Place, Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the Verdurins finally disapprove of Swann in "Swann In Love"?
(a) Swann's taste in music.
(b) Swann's profession.
(c) Swann having a physical relationship with Odette.
(d) Swann disagreeing with them.

2. What makes Francoise change her opinion of Saint-Loup?
(a) She reads his letter to the editor.
(b) She discovers he is a Republican.
(c) She finds out he has a mistress.
(d) She sees him hit a servant.

3. What does the narrator's great-aunt Leonie brag about in "Combray"?
(a) That she never sleeps.
(b) That she hasn't missed a day in church.
(c) That she has saved all her money.
(d) That she attracts many men.

4. What does the narrator dream about when he walks on Guermantes Way?
(a) Becoming a famous writer.
(b) Being accepted by the Guermantes.
(c) Making a good living.
(d) Meeting a pretty girl.

5. What does the narrator give the mistress of a whorehouse as a present in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) A ring.
(b) Gilberte's book.
(c) His aunt's couch.
(d) His mother's dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Mme. Swann at Home," what opinion does M. de Norpois have about Mme. Swann?

2. What happens when Swann takes Odette on vacation in "Swann In Love"?

3. What does Uncle Adolphe suggest Swann do to get Odette to love him more?

4. What art does M. Vinteuil dabble in?

5. In "Place-Names," what happens the day the narrator fears Gilberte Swann will not come to play?

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