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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 feel everyone should view the world?
(a) As if it were their's.
(b) As if it were real.
(c) As if it were new.
(d) As if it were magical.

2. What was the rage of all aristocratic circles in the early 20th century?
(a) Going to art shows.
(b) Collecting art.
(c) Knowledge and interest of art.
(d) Appreciating art.

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

4. Who shows the narrator paintings of ordinary things, forcing the narrator to appreciate the simplicity in them?
(a) Elstir.
(b) Albertine.
(c) Aunt Leonie.
(d) De Botton.

5. What would Proust probe the train timetable for?
(a) Stories and value.
(b) Meaning and value.
(c) Values.
(d) Meaning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Proust feel in response to the article about the boy murdering his mother?

2. When was a brief bulletin written about a boy Proust knew murdering his mother?

3. Who is Proust's impressionist-like painter among his characters in "In Search of Lost Time"?

4. What does Proust believe a life examined is?

5. Why would Proust sometimes examine a mundane train timetable?

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