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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Guermantes Way, Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Swann tends to court what type of lady?
(a) He doesn't have a specific type.
(b) Ones who participate in the arts.
(c) Ones from higher social statuses.
(d) Ones from lower social statuses.

2. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," why does Albertine take the narrator away from Gisele?
(a) He was staring at her.
(b) He looked bored.
(c) She was afriad of him.
(d) She was engaged to someone else.

3. Who does M. Bloch pretend to know in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Bergotte.
(b) Mme. Swann.
(c) Livernois.
(d) Lord Stanley.

4. What treatment does the grandmother use shortly before her death?
(a) Bleeding.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Filtered water.
(d) Radiation.

5. What body part is affected by the narrator's grandmother's illness in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?
(a) Her mouth.
(b) Her legs.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits the narrator's family most often when he is a young boy?

2. Why does Mme. de Stermaria cancel her dinner plans with the narrator in "Guermantes Way, Part II"?

3. While in Balbec, what does the narrator offer a local girl who delivers a note for him?

4. Where is Combray?

5. In "Guermantes Way, Part II," what interests Mme. Guermantes most about the narrator?

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