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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Bloch's manners in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Bad.
(b) Good.
(c) Changing.
(d) Developing.

2. What is the narrator's favorite thing about Balbec?
(a) The beauty of the women.
(b) The gentle breezes.
(c) The view of the sea.
(d) The peaceful nights.

3. How does the narrator's father believe Mme. de Villeparisis will be able to inspire the narrator's writing?
(a) With her school of wit.
(b) With her literature collection.
(c) With her husband, the philosopher.
(d) With her beauty.

4. What does the narrator give Albertine the first time he meets her?
(a) A book.
(b) A chocolate.
(c) A flower.
(d) A photograph.

5. Where do the narrator and his grandmother visit Mme. de Sevigne in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?
(a) On their way home from Balbec.
(b) In Paris, before they leave.
(c) On their way to Balbec.
(d) In Balbed.

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

7. How do the narrator and his grandmother travel to Balbec in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?
(a) By foot.
(b) By private car.
(c) By boat.
(d) By train.

8. Who does the narrator pretend to be interested in when he really likes Albertine?
(a) Andree.
(b) Dana.
(c) Elstir.
(d) Mme. Bontemps.

9. What does the narrator's grandmother say she believes one should never do on vacation?
(a) Cook.
(b) Waste time.
(c) Lie.
(d) Socialize.

10. In "Place-Names, The Place: Part I," why can't the narrator talk to M. de Stermaria's daughter?
(a) They never get a chance to meet.
(b) She is engaged to someone else.
(c) They are from different social ranks.
(d) She is too young for the narrator.

11. What does Professor E say about the narrator's grandmother's condition in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?
(a) That she'll make a full recovery.
(b) That there are very few cures.
(c) That it is hopeless.
(d) That it's not serious.

12. In "Guermantes Way, Part I continued," who does not visit the grandmother?
(a) Her sisters.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her nieces.
(d) Her brothers.

13. Why can't Saint-Loup introduce the narrator to Mme. Guermantes in Paris in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?
(a) He says she is too busy.
(b) She is out of town.
(c) He says she is no longer nice.
(d) She shuts the door on them.

14. Who used to visit a house M. de Charlus discusses at dinner in Balbec with the narrator and his grandmother?
(a) The Marquis de Laroo.
(b) A Russian dignitary.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

15. What does the narrator's grandmother do when the narrator suffers a fever attack in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) She gives him a cold bath.
(b) She ignores the doctor's advice.
(c) She follows the doctor's advice.
(d) She gives him warm soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator's grandmother embarrass the narrator in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

2. What is Saint-Loup intolerant of?

3. In "Guermantes Way, Part I continued," what does the grandmother take for pain?

4. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part I," what does the doctor recommend for the narrator's nerves?

5. Who does M. Bloch pretend to know in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

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