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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. Where did the main character grow up?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Cambry.
(d) Versailles.

2. What holiday did the narrator talk about at the beginning of 'Combray'?
(a) Easter.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Halloween.

3. Which family member incited the most fear in the main character when he was a boy?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His sister.

4. What was the main character obessed with?
(a) His books.
(b) Swann.
(c) Women.
(d) His mother.

5. What did the narrator say Eulalie was good at?
(a) Singing.
(b) Being pretty.
(c) Keeping secrets.
(d) Gossiping.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What country is Combray in?

3. What caused Swann to stop coming by the main character's house?

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

5. What never varied while the narrator was in Combray?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was intriguing to the narrator about Charles Swann?

2. What did Charles do when he saw the narrator reading one day?

3. Why was Great Aunt always happy when the narrator's family would visit her?

4. How did Charles Swann become connected with the narrator's family?

5. What did the narrator do after reading one book by Bergotte?

6. What was the narrator very protective of as a young boy?

7. Why was the narrator forbidden from going to his Uncle Adolphe's house?

8. What were the streets in Combray named after?

9. What did the narrator look at when he began studying art?

10. Who was Eulalie, and what did she do for the narrator's family?

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