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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) Hides.
(b) Signals an insult.
(c) Waves in a friendly way.
(d) Call to her father.

2. What makes the narrator remember Combray as an adult?
(a) Drinking tea.
(b) Making coffee.
(c) Meeting M. Swann at the opera.
(d) His grandmother's funeral.

3. What happens right before the Verdurins stop inviting Swann to their parties?
(a) Swann insults a dignitary.
(b) Odette gets in a fight with Swann.
(c) Swann disagrees with their politics.
(d) Odette accepts a ride from someone else.

4. In "Overture," what does the narrator's family do every time a guest comes over?
(a) They wear their best clothing.
(b) They peek at them through the window and hide.
(c) They pretend to not know who it is.
(d) They leave the house if they don't like who it is.

5. What does the narrator admire most about the church in Combray?
(a) The help they give the poor.
(b) The choir.
(c) The messages of Sunday mass.
(d) The way it looks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator enjoy the fall in "Place-Names"?

2. What is Mme. de Saint-Loup's house?

3. In "Swann In Love," why can't Swann leave Paris?

4. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator feel the day M. Swann picks up Gilberte from playing?

5. What does the narrator's "magic lantern" do?

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