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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 did Swann imagine as he watched Odette while standing in the rain?
(a) Making love to her.
(b) Killing her.
(c) Her with other lovers.
(d) Marrying her.

2. What kind of person did Swann stop seeing after he was rejected by Odette?
(a) Poor people.
(b) Wealthy people.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

3. How did Swann feel when he was rejected by Swann?
(a) He was devastated.
(b) He was angry.
(c) He was relieved.
(d) He was indifferent.

4. Why did Gilberte stop playing with the narrator?
(a) She went on visits with her mother.
(b) She went away to school.
(c) She got a job.
(d) She had a boyfriend.

5. What did Swann send to Odette after he was rejected?
(a) A portrait of her.
(b) The gifts she gave him.
(c) Some of her belongings.
(d) Money and gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of friends did the Verdurins like to have?

2. What drove the narrator's family crazy when he fell for Gilberte?

3. What surprises the narrator when he discusses Balbec?

4. Where is the narrator when he is writing about Balbec?

5. How did Swann spend his time in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator not like about traveling?

2. How did Swann become involved with the nucleus?

3. How does the narrator describe the way he fell in love?

4. What was the narrator doing when he fell in love with Gilberte?

5. What did Odette ask for that Swann refused to give to her?

6. What caused Swann to fall in love with Odette?

7. How does the novel end?

8. What was Odette's occupation?

9. What does the narrator compare his style of living to?

10. What did Swann ask Odette after he stood in the rain watching her one night?

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