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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 did the narrator become interested in while in Combray?
(a) The theater.
(b) The opera.
(c) The ball fields.
(d) The library.

2. What was the main character's uncle's name?
(a) Adolphe.
(b) Ade.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Anderson.

3. How did Odette get Swann to love her?
(a) She pretended to like what he liked.
(b) She wooed him.
(c) She wore nice clothing.
(d) She insulted him.

4. What did the narrator like NOT doing while in Combray?
(a) Going to dinner parties.
(b) Going on walks.
(c) Attending the theater.
(d) Fighting with his father.

5. What senses remind the narrator of dreams?
(a) Touch and smell.
(b) Touch and taste.
(c) Sound and sight.
(d) Sight and smell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the main character say he was surrounded by as a child?

2. What was the narrator obsessed with before he fell in love with Gilberte?

3. What did Swann realize after watching Odette in the rain one night?

4. What did Swann ask Odette when he confronted her after being rejected?

5. Why was the main character surrounded by certain people as a child?

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