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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Overture," what does the narrator's grandmother buy him for his birthday?
(a) Books.
(b) She gives him money.
(c) Toys.
(d) Clothes.

3. How does Francoise feel when he watches the cavalry march past his yard?
(a) She feels sad.
(b) She feels happy.
(c) She feels angry.
(d) She feels proud.

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

5. In "Combray," what writer does M. Swann know?
(a) Bergotte.
(b) Paris.
(c) Cure.
(d) Eulalie.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator admire most about the church in Combray?

4. What does the narrator dream about when he walks on Guermantes Way?

5. In "Combray," where does the narrator often read?

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