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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened at Combray to make the narrator appreciate art?
(a) A cat took care of another cat.
(b) A kitchen-maid got pregnant.
(c) Francoise got into a fight with another maid.
(d) His mother started collecting art.

2. What does the narrator's great-aunt Leonie brag about in "Combray"?
(a) That she hasn't missed a day in church.
(b) That she never sleeps.
(c) That she attracts many men.
(d) That she has saved all her money.

3. Who thinks that the narrator should be allowed time to play outside as a boy?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His grandfather.

4. Why does the narrator's mother sleep in his room in "Overture"?
(a) His father sees that he is upset.
(b) The narrator requests it.
(c) She feels bad for not kissing him goodnight.
(d) The narrator is ill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion does the narrator's family draw about M. Legrandin in "Combray"?

2. When does the narrator say his mother did not kiss him goodnight as a small child?

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

4. In "Overture," what makes the narrator think he will be sent back to school?

5. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?

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