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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aunt Leonie imagine her family dying when she is very bored in "Combray"?
(a) Drowning.
(b) In a fire.
(c) Disease.
(d) A robbery.

2. Which day of the week is dinner served early at Combray?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

3. How does Mme. Swann tell the narrator secrets in a way that confuses him?
(a) She speaks in French.
(b) She speaks in English.
(c) She leaves out the ending.
(d) She speaks backwards.

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

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

6. Who takes the narrator to Champs-Elysees every day in "Place-Names"?
(a) His mother.
(b) Francoise.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Bergette.

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

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

9. What does Swann leave behind the first time he visits Odette's house?
(a) His jacket.
(b) A pair of cuff links.
(c) His keys.
(d) A cigarette case.

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

11. What does the narrator admire most about the church in Combray?
(a) The help they give the poor.
(b) The way it looks.
(c) The choir.
(d) The messages of Sunday mass.

12. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator feel the day M. Swann picks up Gilberte from playing?
(a) Upset.
(b) Impressed.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Excited.

13. How does Francoise feel when he watches the cavalry march past his yard?
(a) She feels sad.
(b) She feels proud.
(c) She feels angry.
(d) She feels happy.

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

15. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator's mother describe Mme. Blatin?
(a) Horrific.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Awful.
(d) Terrific.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Place-Names," what happens the day the narrator fears Gilberte Swann will not come to play?

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

3. In "Combray," what writer does M. Swann know?

4. In "Overture," what makes the narrator think he will be sent back to school?

5. What does Swann consider after hearing a song played on the piano at the Verdurin's?

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