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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Overture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the main character surrounded by certain people as a child?
(a) He was an only child.
(b) He hated adults.
(c) His parents were very rich.
(d) His parents were very busy.

2. What caused Swann to stop coming by the main character's house?
(a) His lost fortune.
(b) His trickery.
(c) His treatment of the main character.
(d) His choice of wife.

3. What were Swann's visits to the main character's family a source of?
(a) All of these.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Sociability.
(d) Information.

4. Why did the main character hate when there were guests at his house?
(a) They took up his mother's time.
(b) They used his bedroom.
(c) They drank his whiskey.
(d) They mocked his small stature.

5. What did the main character say he was surrounded by as a child?
(a) Adults.
(b) Children.
(c) Servants.
(d) Celebrities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was most precious to the main character about his mother?

2. What is the main character in this book called?

3. What did the main character's mother allow him to do even when it was inappropriate?

4. How did the main character describe the furniture in his childhood bedroom?

5. What was the main character's uncle's name?

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