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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. What does Uncle Adolphe suggest Swann do to get Odette to love him more?
(a) Become friends with her father.
(b) Do whatever she says.
(c) Buy her presents.
(d) Stay away from her.

2. How does the narrator afford the gifts he buys for the Swanns in "Mme Swann at Home"?
(a) He sells his father's collectables.
(b) He sells his aunt's things.
(c) He finds a part-time job.
(d) He sells his old toys.

3. What makes the narrator uneasy with his hotel room in Balbec?
(a) There is only one window.
(b) The smell.
(c) It is unfamiliar.
(d) It is too large.

4. In Balbec, why does the manager of the hotel frighten the narrator?
(a) He is muscular.
(b) He is too silent.
(c) He is charming.
(d) He is snobby.

5. How does the narrator feel about his friendship with Saint-Loup?
(a) He values it more than others.
(b) He barely knows Saint-Loup.
(c) He doesn't cherish it.
(d) He decides to put more effort into it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Saint-Loup introduce the narrator to Mme. Guermantes in Paris in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

2. What does the narrator buy a picture of for himself at the beginning of the new year in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

3. Who does Bergotte say the narrator's favorite writer resembles in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

4. In "Overture," what does the narrator's grandmother buy him for his birthday?

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

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