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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Saint-Loup tell the narrator when he requests a picture of Mme. Guermantes?
(a) She doesn't allow pictures of herself.
(b) He must keep it clean.
(c) He must ask her permission.
(d) He must find a good frame.

3. What treatment does the grandmother use shortly before her death?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Bleeding.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Filtered water.

4. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part I," what does the doctor recommend for the narrator's nerves?
(a) Beer or Brandy.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Water or juice.
(d) Wine.

5. What family does Saint-Loup tell the narrator about in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) The Charlus.
(b) The Swanns.
(c) The Villapous.
(d) The Guermantes.

6. In "Guermantes Way, Part I," at the Villeparisis' party, what impresses the narrator most about Mme. de Villeparisis?
(a) Her singing voice.
(b) Her wealth.
(c) Her clothing.
(d) Her knowledge.

7. What happens when people dine with Mme. de Villeparis in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?
(a) Their social status decreases.
(b) They are escorted home.
(c) They are given lots of money.
(d) Their social status raises.

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

9. Who does M. Bloch pretend to know in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Mme. Swann.
(b) Lord Stanley.
(c) Bergotte.
(d) Livernois.

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

11. Who lays the grandmother out in her coffin?
(a) Francoise.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Saint-Loup.
(d) The narrator's mother.

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

13. Where does Gisele go to school?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Balbec.
(d) Florence.

14. How does the narrator's grandmother embarrass the narrator in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) She makes the waiter return her dinner.
(b) She calls Mme. de Villeparisis by the wrong name.
(c) She insults Bergotte.
(d) She hands her coat to the hotel manager.

15. Whose autographed letters does the narrator's grandmother buy for Saint-Loup as a going away present?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) A painter.
(c) A pope.
(d) A dignitary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the narrator and his grandmother travel to Balbec in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?

2. How much time passes between "Place-names" and "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?

3. What does Saint-Loup do when his military leave ends?

4. What does Dr. Cottard prescribe when the narrator's grandmother doesn't recognize the narrator?

5. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," how does the narrator feel when he runs into Bloch with Saint-Loup?

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