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In this novel, a cook prepares asparagus nearly every night for a whole summer in order to induce asthma attacks in a kitchen maid nicknamed “Giotto’s Charity.” A man in this novel uses the euphemism “making cattleyas (“CAT-lee-yuhs”)” for his trysts with a woman whom he likens to a painting of Zipporah. During a carriage ride, this novel’s narrator writes an impromptu passage on the image of three church steeples against the sky. (-5[1])A boy in this novel watches the projections of a magic lantern in his room while waiting for a good-night kiss from his mother. The title (10[1])character of this novel’s first volume associates a (10[1])“little phrase” from a sonata with his love (10[1])for Odette de Crecy. For 10 points, a tea-soaked madeleine induces (10[1])the narrator’s memories (10[1])of Combray in what novel by Marcel Proust? ■END■ (10[1])

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