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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. Why does the narrator initially want to avoid Elstir?
(a) Elstir tells him to stay away.
(b) Elstir isn't pretty enough.
(c) He is interested in other girls.
(d) He thinks he might fall in love.

2. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," what game does the narrator fail at while playing with Albertine?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Euchre.
(c) Ferret.
(d) Bocce.

3. In "Mme. Swann at Home," what opinion does M. de Norpois have about Mme. Swann?
(a) He says she is clever.
(b) He says she is funny.
(c) He says she is charming.
(d) He says she is useless.

4. In "Mme. Swann at Home," what do the narrator's parents finally say about Bergotte?
(a) That he is a man of hate.
(b) That he is a man of literature.
(c) That he is a man of talent.
(d) That he is a man of fear.

5. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," why does Bloch accuse the narrator of being a snob?
(a) Because he is spending time with a marquis.
(b) Because he criticized art in a museum.
(c) Because he found money.
(d) Because he ordered dinner in French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the narrator and his grandmother visit Mme. de Sevigne in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?

2. What does Rachel discuss that makes the narrator find her "malicious" in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

3. How does Aunt Leonie imagine her family dying when she is very bored in "Combray"?

4. What does Bergotte say about Berma in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

5. Why does Saint-Loup say he was angry with the narrator in "Guermantes Way, Part II"?

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