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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. What is the main character in this book called?
(a) The Boy.
(b) The Main Character.
(c) The Hero.
(d) The Narrator.

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

3. How did the main character describe the furniture in his childhood bedroom?
(a) Large and expensive.
(b) New and bright.
(c) Oppresive and elaborate.
(d) Old and dark.

4. What happened after the main character sent a note about needing his mother?
(a) His sister made fun of him.
(b) His mother spent the night in his room.
(c) His nightmares came back.
(d) His father whipped him.

5. Who did the main character say was a shadow of his mother?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His sister.
(c) His niece.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator become interested in while in Combray?

2. What was the main character dreaming of at the beginning of the book?

3. What did the narrator lose track of while reading in Combray?

4. What did the family member in Combray suffer from?

5. How did the narrator feel about Charles' daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Grandmother treat Charles Swann?

2. Why was the way Grandmother treated Charles Swann so ironic?

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

4. Why did the narrator hate to have house guests when he was a child?

5. What did Great Aunt suffer from?

6. What happened one night when the narrator sent a note that he needed his mother?

7. What did Great Aunt do when she did not have any visitors?

8. Why did the narrator's great aunt rarely leave her house?

9. What did the narrator call his parents and what does this reveal about them?

10. What does the narrator choose to do at the beginning of the book, as an adult, when he can not sleep?

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