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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is one sentence of Proust's in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) 5 meters.
(b) 4 and a half meters.
(c) 4 meters.
(d) 3 meters.

2. What does Proust find the newspaper reduces murders, tragedies, and the whole human experience to?
(a) Snippets of reality.
(b) "A morning treat".
(c) Bite size information.
(d) Snippets or fantasy.

3. What does Proust's comparison of the moon show in comparison to the the author of "The Lover and the Doctor"?
(a) Proust's is a more genuine expression.
(b) They are the same.
(c) Proust's is less vivid.
(d) Proust's is more lengthy and descriptive.

4. What year was Pensees written?
(a) 1625.
(b) 1626.
(c) 1623.
(d) 1624.

5. What does Proust desire his reader to not do?
(a) Love from experience.
(b) Read for experience.
(c) Love from words.
(d) Let life pass them by too quickly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Aunt Leonie daydream about?

3. Who rejected the story about the unsatisfied young boy from being published?

4. What would Proust probe the train timetable for?

5. What was the rage of all aristocratic circles in the early 20th century?

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