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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image does Proust's narrator have of the beach house he goes to in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) That it's Gothic style.
(b) That it's a shack.
(c) That it's a mansion.
(d) That it's light and airy.

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

3. What did Proust's own problems with friendship come from?
(a) His supernatural powers of perception.
(b) His supernatural powers of analysis.
(c) His supernatural powers of inferiority.
(d) His supernatural powers of love.

4. What did Proust see in his friends?
(a) Their positivity.
(b) Their faults.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Their negativity.

5. What did Proust explain after the article was written about the young boy who murdered his mom.
(a) Henry's cause of death.
(b) Henri's state of mind.
(c) Henry's state of mind.
(d) Henri's cause of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game must lovers continuously play according to Proust?

2. What question does De Botton ask after he discusses Proust's father's work?

3. What does Proust believe a life examined is?

4. Who is Gilberte?

5. What did Proust strive to find within his writing?

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