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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Place-Names: The Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was different on Saturdays in Combray than the other days?
(a) The markets were open an hour longer.
(b) Dinner was an hour earlier.
(c) Eulalie didn't come by.
(d) There was only one church meeting.

2. Who was the head maid at the house on Combray?
(a) Eulalie.
(b) Emily.
(c) Francois.
(d) Francine.

3. Who did the narrator sometimes see when he made efforts to meet Gilberte when she stopped playing with him?
(a) Odette.
(b) Charles.
(c) Francoise.
(d) William.

4. What did the narrator say he never did lightly?
(a) Expressed himself.
(b) Loved.
(c) Read.
(d) Confided in others.

5. What did the narrator's aunt do during her days in Combray?
(a) Write.
(b) Look out her window.
(c) Ignore her husband's mistress.
(d) Visit townspeople.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Swann give Odette, hoping to get her back?

2. What did the main character have depressing thoughts about at the beginning of the book?

3. What was the main character protective of as a young boy?

4. What is this book composed of?

5. How does the narrator describe the history of Balbec?

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