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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Gilberte leaves, who does the narrator focus his attention on at the park in "Place-Names"?
(a) A family of squirrels.
(b) A boy his age.
(c) A girl with blonde curls.
(d) An older lady.

2. What does the narrator dream about when he walks on Guermantes Way?
(a) Meeting a pretty girl.
(b) Becoming a famous writer.
(c) Being accepted by the Guermantes.
(d) Making a good living.

3. What made the narrator's family avoid Swann's Way?
(a) The service fee.
(b) Swann's marriage.
(c) It was too long of a walk.
(d) The crime along the path.

4. In "Place-Names," who tells the narrator to avoid excitement?
(a) Odette.
(b) His doctor.
(c) His mother.
(d) Gilberte.

5. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?
(a) She thinks the girl caused her father's death.
(b) She thinks the girl is wicked.
(c) She thinks the girl stole her mother's money.
(d) She thinks the girl hates everyone.

6. Who visits the narrator's family most often when he is a young boy?
(a) M. Swann.
(b) Golo.
(c) Aunt Leonie.
(d) Marcel.

7. Who helps to improve Mme. Swann's opinion of the narrator in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) Gilberte.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) Dr. Cottard.
(d) Uncle Adolphe.

8. When they are in Paris, why does Odette want money from Swann?
(a) To take a house.
(b) To go out for dinner.
(c) To repay a loan.
(d) To buy a dress.

9. In "Overture," what does the narrator's grandmother buy him for his birthday?
(a) She gives him money.
(b) Books.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Toys.

10. Who introduces the narrator to whorehouses?
(a) His cousin.
(b) Mme. Swann.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) Bloch.

11. In "Overture," what does the narrator's family do every time a guest comes over?
(a) They pretend to not know who it is.
(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 wear their best clothing.

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

13. Who does the narrator's mother refuse to ask about in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) Mme. Swann.
(b) Aunt Leonie.
(c) Gilberte.
(d) M. Swann.

14. What does Swann wait for when Odette is in Paris in "Swann In Love"?
(a) For her to call on him.
(b) For her to go home.
(c) For her to write her father.
(d) For her to need money.

15. In "Combray," where does the narrator often read?
(a) In the garden.
(b) Behind the couch.
(c) In his bedroom.
(d) At the dinner table.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Overture," what does the narrator's father give him after dinner?

2. After seeing Uncle Adolphe in "Combray," why is the narrator excited?

3. What does the narrator give the mistress of a whorehouse as a present in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

4. Swann tends to court what type of lady?

5. In "Mme. Swann at Home," what opinion does M. de Norpois have about Mme. Swann?

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