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Questions about the third volume of
À la recherche du temps perdu
/
Remembrance of Things Past
/
In Search of Lost Time
, with the English title
The Guermantes Way
(original French:
Le côté de Guermantes
).
First sentence: 'The twittering of the birds at daybreak sounded insipid to _______'?
Françoise
My grandmother
Me
Swann
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Progress: 2 of 15 questions
Jupien, who lives next door to M's family's new residence, makes what?
Bread
Furniture
Toys
Waistcoats
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When M goes to see Berma perform for the second time, which two women stand out as the most beautiful and fashionable there?
The Duchesse de Guermantes & Mme de Cambremer
The Duchesse de Guermantes & the Princesse de Guermantes
The Princesse de Guermantes & the Princesse de Parme
Mme de Cambremer & the Marquise de Marsantes
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Progress: 4 of 15 questions
What makes Robert de Saint-Loup unusual amongst the officer class at Doncières?
He is an atheist
He is a Bonapartist
He is a Dreyfusard
He is a Jew
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To cover his embarrassment at asking for Saint-Loup's photograph of his aunt (the Duchesse de Guermantes), what does M pretend his main request is?
For Robert to visit him next time he is in Paris
For another helping of dessert
For them to call each other 'tu' instead of 'vous'
For Robert to lend him a book of military history
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Progress: 6 of 15 questions
When M finally meets Saint-Loup's mistress, who does he recognise her as?
The milk-maid he saw from the train to Balbec
A member of the Guermantes family
A peasant from the Combray area
A prostitute that he saw on his first trip to a brothel
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Why does Saint-Loup assault the man outside the theatre?
He was flirting with Rachel
He looked at him in an insolent manner
He propositioned him
He looked Jewish
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What is one of the ways in which Bloch embarrasses himself at Mme de Villeparisis' salon?
He makes a joke which nobody laughs at
He knocks over a vase of flowers
He trips over a table leg
He gets the name of the hostess wrong
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Progress: 9 of 15 questions
Charles Morel orders a waistcoat from Jupien's niece that is in such bad taste he is never able to wear it. What colour is it?
Aquamarine
Lime green
Shocking pink
Bright red
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Progress: 10 of 15 questions
What is M's grandmother diagnosed with?
Blood poisoning
Liver cancer
Tuberculosis
Uremia
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Progress: 11 of 15 questions
How does M try to seduce Albertine when she visits him for the first time since Balbec?
He kisses her hand
He claims that she can tickle him for hours and he won't feel it
He tries to make her jealous by telling her about Mme de Stermaria
He gets her drunk
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Progress: 12 of 15 questions
On the evening when M is crushed by Mme de Stermaria's breaking off of their dinner appointment, who arrives by chance and cheers him up by taking him out to a restaurant?
Albert Bloch
Baron de Charlus
Robert de Saint-Loup
Charles Swann
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Progress: 13 of 15 questions
How does M delay the serving of dinner at the Duc and Duchesse de Guermantes' party?
He stays too long looking at the Elstirs
He arrives late
He makes a fuss about the menu
He stays too long in the hall talking to the footman
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How does M react to the stream of angry insults from the Baron de Charlus?
He bursts into tears
He punches him in the face
He storms out
He tramples his hat
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Progress: 15 of 15 questions
The Duchesse de Guermantes, even though she has just heard about Swann's terminal illness, makes herself late in order to change into red shoes. What colour shoes was she wearing before, which would apparently not have done?
Black
Green
Pink
White
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