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

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

3. Why does the narrator's grandmother insist they rest during their trip to Balbec?
(a) So Francoise could have a good time too.
(b) So they don't spend too much money.
(c) For the narrator's health.
(d) Because they were going out too much.

4. Who visits the narrator's grandmother alone in her room in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?
(a) Mme. Swann.
(b) Saint-Loup.
(c) M. Swann.
(d) M. de Guermantes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he admires most about Mme. de Sevigne?

2. What body part is affected by the narrator's grandmother's illness in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

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

4. How does the narrator feel about his friendship with Saint-Loup?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Saint-Loup get along with servants?

2. What happens when the narrator runs into Professor E in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

3. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," how does the narrator interact with the local Balbec girls?

4. What does Francoise do while in Balbec?

5. What happens when Bloch accompanies the narrator to see Saint-Loup to his train in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

6. What happens the first time the narrator meets Albertine?

7. What argument does the narrator get into with Bloch in Balbec?

8. What happens the first time the narrator sees the group of six girls in "Seascap, with Frieze of Girls"?

9. What treatments are recommended for the grandmother in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

10. What happens when Mme. Swann arrives at Mme. de Villeparisis's party?

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