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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Albertine's note to the narrator say in "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls"?

2. Who does the narrator's mother request not visit the grandmother so often while she is ill?

3. What does Rachel discuss that makes the narrator find her "malicious" in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

4. What does Elstir do to help the narrator meet Albertine?

5. What does Albertine do the first time the narrator tries to kiss her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator learn about Bergotte when he visits the grandmother during her illness?

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

3. While in Balbec, what upsets the narrator about running into the Marquise de Villeparisis?

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

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

6. How does M. de Charlus feel about the narrator's grandmother in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

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

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

9. What upsets the narrator about his stay in the hotel in Balbec?

10. What happens the first time the narrator meets Marquise Robert de Saint-Loup?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mme. Swann is a woman with a reputation. Explain how her reputation creates her value in the eyes of the other characters. What does she symbolize for her society and times?

Essay Topic 2

After a period of day-dreaming about Mme. Guermantes, the narrator becomes disillusioned with her. Follow the chain of events that takes the narrator from love to indifference. What does this change mean for the narrator? What does is represent in the larger picture of his society?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the major events that occur while the narrator and his grandmother travel to Balbec. Select three places they visit and explain the importance of each. What do these places symbolize? What happens there that changes this novel? What is so significant about Balbec?

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