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

2. What is Mme. de Saint-Loup's house?
(a) The boarding house were the narrator stays.
(b) A restaurant that is open late.
(c) The narrator's aunt's business.
(d) A place the narrator visited when he was younger.

3. Why is Swann often late to the Verdurin's parties in "Swann In Love"?
(a) Because he picked up a second job.
(b) Because he doesn't care.
(c) Because he is seeing another girl.
(d) Because he doesn't have a watch.

4. What happens when Swann goes to meet Odette at Prevost's Restaurant?
(a) He flirts with a waitress.
(b) She is with another man.
(c) She is not there.
(d) He gets into a fight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Swann In Love," what does Swann say he is studying whenever he is with Odette?

2. When did the narrator visit Combray?

3. In "Place-Names," why does Gilberte tell the narrator she won't be around for long?

4. In "Swann In Love," who is Swann's competition for Odette's affection?

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

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