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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Proust's quotations on friendships like?
(a) Cynical.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Satirical.
(d) Kind.

2. What was Proust's perception of his own sexuality?
(a) He was narcissistic.
(b) He self loathed.
(c) He was numb to himself.
(d) He self loved.

3. What was Proust's view towards romance like?
(a) Outgoing.
(b) Pessimistic.
(c) Negative.
(d) Opitimistic.

4. What did Proust himself have a wide variety of?
(a) Books on writing.
(b) Nicknames.
(c) Impressionist art.
(d) European art.

5. In what year did Proust's father die?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1904.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Proust's mother like?

2. How was Proust's personal life at odds with the answer he gave to the newspaper's question?

3. Who was an editor who also wrote a piece about a composer George Bizet?

4. What year was Pensees written?

5. What was Proust's response to the newspaper's poll?

(see the answer key)

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