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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an artist's role in the judgment of art?
(a) He or she is important.
(b) To remain subjective.
(c) He or she is unimportant.
(d) To remain objective.

2. How did Proust's friends react to Proust's relationship with his mother?
(a) They did not care.
(b) They were annoyed.
(c) They were bothered.
(d) They were uncomfortable.

3. What does Proust reason jealousy sparks within a relationship?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Renewed feelinsg of romance.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

4. What game must lovers continuously play according to Proust?
(a) A game of cat and dog.
(b) A game of jealousy.
(c) A game of cat and mouse.
(d) A game of perception.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Impressionist artist does De Botton mention?

2. What was Proust considered to be in the 1920s?

3. Why is the narrator upset about the way the beach house is in Proust's story?

4. How many volumes was "In Search of Lost Time" intended to be?

5. What phrase does Proust use to explain one solution of keeping lover's love alive?

(see the answer key)

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