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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Proust act when he was around different types of people?
(a) Different according to whom he was with.
(b) Exuberantly.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) The same at all times.

2. What does Proust argue people are not doing when they use trite and cliched expressions?
(a) They are not being true to themselves.
(b) They are annoying.
(c) They are uneducated.
(d) They rely on others to communicate.

3. What is Pensees?
(a) A book about music.
(b) A well known book of recipes.
(c) A book about a man, Eric Pensees.
(d) A well known book of aphorisms.

4. What did Proust think the young man would find by becoming familiar with the artist's work?
(a) Happiness in the simplicty.
(b) Complacity.
(c) The grandeur in the ordinary.
(d) Admire the little things.

5. When was a brief bulletin written about a boy Proust knew murdering his mother?
(a) January 1917.
(b) February 1907.
(c) January 1907.
(d) January 1909.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust do in response to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?

2. What does the reality of people's life often not match in the perception of their life?

3. What are great author's able to do according to Proust?

4. Why did Proust respond to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?

5. How long is one sentence of Proust's in "In Search of Lost Time"?

(see the answer key)

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