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

2. In "Place-Names," why does the narrator sometimes go to Allee des Acacias?
(a) He can't stand his old park anymore.
(b) Gilberte's cousin plays there.
(c) He gets lost often.
(d) Mme. Swann walks there.

3. In "Overture," how does the narrator's mother comfort him when he is crying?
(a) She pats his head.
(b) She calls his father for help.
(c) She reads him books.
(d) She gives him a hug.

4. In "Swann In Lov,e, why does Swann often go days without seeing Odette?
(a) He can't find her.
(b) To give her space.
(c) To prove he doesn't need her.
(d) He starts seeing someone new.

5. In "Place-Names," what happens the day the narrator fears Gilberte Swann will not come to play?
(a) It rains.
(b) There is a train accident.
(c) It snows.
(d) There is a fight in the park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Combray?

2. In "Overture," what does the narrator's father give him after dinner?

3. What happened at Combray to make the narrator appreciate art?

4. What does Swann come to realize about his relationship with Odette at the end of "Swann In Love"?

5. What makes the narrator remember Combray as an adult?

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