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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Proust's impressionist-like painter among his characters in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) Elister.
(b) Elstir.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Ellie.

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

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

4. In what year did did Proust write the essay about the unsatisfied little boy?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1900.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Proust believe a life examined is?

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

3. What was the name of the comedy troupe that aimed to find the most succinct summary of Proust's work?

4. Who shows the narrator paintings of ordinary things, forcing the narrator to appreciate the simplicity in them?

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

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