Question

what memory is sparked when the narrator of \the madeleine\ tastes the madeleine and tea?○ a childhood memory of tasting a madeleine that his aunt dipped in tea and gave to him○ a memory of his mother offering him tea and madeleines one winter day when he came home cold○ a long-ago memory of eating madeleines and drinking tea after returning home from the theater○ a memory of sampling madeleines and tea after seeing m. swanns park and the waterlilies on the vivonnequestion 4in \the madeleine,\ what does the narrator do to figure out the meaning of his emotional response to the taste of madeleine and tea?○ he recalls the smell of madeleines baking.○ he retraces his thoughts and clears his mind.○ he searches his memory for recollections of his aunt.○ he reviews his childhood memories of life in combray.

Explanation:

For the first question: In Proust's "The Madeleine" (from In Search of Lost Time), the taste of the madeleine dipped in tea triggers a specific childhood memory of his aunt Léonie giving him such a treat.
For Question 4: To unpack the emotional response to the taste, the narrator actively searches his memory to recall related recollections of his aunt and the associated past.

Answer:

First question: a childhood memory of tasting a madeleine that his aunt dipped in tea and gave to him
Question 4: He searches his memory for recollections of his aunt.