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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 "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 leave the house if they don't like who it is.
(d) They pretend to not know who it is.

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

3. How does Aunt Leonie imagine her family dying when she is very bored in "Combray"?
(a) Disease.
(b) Drowning.
(c) In a fire.
(d) A robbery.

4. What does Swann leave behind the first time he visits Odette's house?
(a) A pair of cuff links.
(b) A cigarette case.
(c) His keys.
(d) His jacket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Place-Names," why does the narrator sometimes go to Allee des Acacias?

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

3. In "Place-Names," who tells the narrator to avoid excitement?

4. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?

5. Where is Combray?

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