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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Combray.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religion does Blotch practice?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Luthern.
(c) Judiasm.
(d) Buddism.

2. Who visits the narrator's family most often when he is a young boy?
(a) Golo.
(b) Marcel.
(c) M. Swann.
(d) Aunt Leonie.

3. In "Overture," what does the narrator's father give him after dinner?
(a) A lecture.
(b) Dessert.
(c) A book.
(d) Money.

4. What does the narrator's "magic lantern" do?
(a) Turn off once it is daylight.
(b) Record his favorite songs.
(c) Project pictures on the wall.
(d) Pick up radio broadcasts.

5. How does the narrator's family react to Uncle Adolphe's friends?
(a) They disapprove.
(b) They never meet them.
(c) They are mean to them.
(d) They love them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What often happens to the narrator during the night in "Overture"?

2. What art does M. Vinteuil dabble in?

3. Which day of the week is dinner served early at Combray?

4. In "Overture," what does the narrator's grandmother buy him for his birthday?

5. In "Overture," what does the narrator say has "intellectual profit"?

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