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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. Why does Dr. Cottard rise in society?
(a) He is a gifted doctor.
(b) He receives a large sum of money.
(c) He tricks people.
(d) He marries into the Swann family.

2. What does Swann wait for when Odette is in Paris in "Swann In Love"?
(a) For her to go home.
(b) For her to need money.
(c) For her to call on him.
(d) For her to write her father.

3. What is Saint-Loup intolerant of?
(a) Women.
(b) New literature.
(c) Strangers.
(d) Varying opinions.

4. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," why does Bloch accuse the narrator of being a snob?
(a) Because he is spending time with a marquis.
(b) Because he criticized art in a museum.
(c) Because he ordered dinner in French.
(d) Because he found money.

5. What does the narrator buy a picture of for himself at the beginning of the new year in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) Paris.
(b) His mother.
(c) Gilberte.
(d) Berma.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Place-Names," who tells the narrator to avoid excitement?

2. While in Balbec, what does the narrator offer a local girl who delivers a note for him?

3. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?

4. What disappoints the narrator when he finally meets Bergotte?

5. How does M. de Charlus treat the narrator during dinner with his grandmother in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

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