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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the artist Proust wanted the young boy to become acquainted with paint?
(a) Still-life renderings.
(b) People.
(c) Night skies.
(d) Water lillies.

2. What did Proust feel people's dissatisfaction or unhappiness ultimately was?
(a) Failure to understand.
(b) Failure of perception.
(c) Failure to communicate.
(d) Failure to love.

3. Who was an editor who also wrote a piece about a composer George Bizet?
(a) De Botton.
(b) Louis Ganderax.
(c) Proust.
(d) Marquis de Lau.

4. Why is the narrator upset about the way the beach house is in Proust's story?
(a) The reality was exactly like his image.
(b) The reality did not match his image.
(c) He wasn't.
(d) He wanted solitude.

5. How did Proust feel in response to the article about the boy murdering his mother?
(a) Disturbed.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Unaffected.
(d) Sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust believe about painters?

2. What does abbreviation not do justice for?

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

4. What does "La Flagorneur" mean in English?

5. What did Proust explain after the article was written about the young boy who murdered his mom.

(see the answer key)

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