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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator's mother sleep in his room in "Overture"?
(a) His father sees that he is upset.
(b) The narrator is ill.
(c) The narrator requests it.
(d) She feels bad for not kissing him goodnight.

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

4. What does the narrator buy a picture of for himself at the beginning of the new year in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) His mother.
(b) Gilberte.
(c) Berma.
(d) Paris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?

2. In "Overture," what does the narrator say has "intellectual profit"?

3. Who does the narrator's mother refuse to ask about in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

4. When did the narrator visit Combray?

5. What does Gilberte say to the narrator that upsets him when they play in the park at Champs-Elysees as children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on New Year's Even in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

2. In "Mme. Swann at Home," how does the narrator feel about his relationship with Gilberte?

3. What happens the first time the narrator meets Bergotte?

4. In "Overture," how do the narrator's aunts treat M. Swann?

5. What does M. Vinteuil do with his compositions in "Combray" that the narrator finds funny?

6. How is M. Swann associated with the narrator's family?

7. What does Gilberte do in "Place-Names" that makes the narrator think she is indifferent towards him?

8. What ends Swann's relationship with Uncle Adolphe?

9. What does the narrator learn about the Swanns when he talks about them with his mother in "Place-Names"?

10. In "Overture," how does the narrator describe his sleep?

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