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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Proust's personal life at odds with the answer he gave to the newspaper's question?
(a) He never went to the Louvre.
(b) He never fell in love.
(c) He was a recluse himself.
(d) He never traveled to India.

2. What does "La Flagorneur" mean in English?
(a) "The author".
(b) "The moment".
(c) "The yesterday".
(d) "The today".

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

4. When was Proust's father's best selling book published?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1889.

5. What was Proust allergic to?
(a) Cologne and soap.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Soap.
(d) Soap and shaving cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an artist's role in the judgment of art?

2. How did Proust's friends react to Proust's relationship with his mother?

3. What were Proust's main passions?

4. Who is Marcel Proust?

5. What year was Pensees written?

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