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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilberte do the first time the narrator sees her?
(a) Waves in a friendly way.
(b) Hides.
(c) Signals an insult.
(d) Call to her father.

2. In "Overture," what makes the narrator think he will be sent back to school?
(a) For failing.
(b) Because he asks to be sent back.
(c) For sinning.
(d) For skipping classes.

3. In "Swann In Love," who does Swann refuse a dinner invitation from?
(a) Odette.
(b) Vinteuil.
(c) Uncle Adolphe.
(d) Princesse de Guermantes.

4. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator feel the day M. Swann picks up Gilberte from playing?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Impressed.
(c) Excited.
(d) Upset.

5. What does the narrator say happened to his belief in the elegance of women?
(a) It is gone.
(b) It is enhanced.
(c) It left with Gilberte and returned the next year.
(d) It changes every day.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Place-Names," what does Gilberte buy the narrator so he can remember her?

2. What does the narrator's great-aunt Leonie brag about in "Combray"?

3. In "Swann In Love," who is Swann's competition for Odette's affection?

4. Who takes the narrator to Champs-Elysees every day in "Place-Names"?

5. After Gilberte leaves, who does the narrator focus his attention on at the park in "Place-Names"?

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