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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 does the narrator want to taste in different places?
(a) Bread.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Wine.

2. What did the narrator call Swann's version of love?
(a) Vulnerability.
(b) Obsession.
(c) Madness.
(d) Trust.

3. What did Swann refuse to give Odette after he watched her in the rain?
(a) A kiss.
(b) Money.
(c) Jewelery.
(d) Wine.

4. What did Odette invite Swann to when they first met?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) The ballet.
(c) A dinner party.
(d) The theater.

5. How did Swann feel about Odette when they first met?
(a) He did not like her.
(b) He was afraid of her.
(c) He was indifferent towards her.
(d) He was enamored with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Verdurins like to observe?

2. How did Odette get Swann to love her?

3. How did the narrator learn all he could about Gilberte?

4. What did Swann imagine as he watched Odette while standing in the rain?

5. What did Swann concentrate on when Odette rejected him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say at the beginning of his story about Odette and Swann?

3. What kind of relationship did the narrator imagine existed between him and Gilberte?

4. How did Swann become involved with the nucleus?

5. What was Swann doing with his life before he met Odette?

6. What did the narrator say Swann's relationship with Odette reminded him of and why?

7. What does the narrator not like about traveling?

8. How does the narrator say he wants to travel?

9. What was interesting about Gilberte knowing Swann's name?

10. What did the narrator do in an effort to see Gilberts again?

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