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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many volumes was "In Search of Lost Time" intended to be?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. What year was Pensees written?
(a) 1625.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1626.
(d) 1624.

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

4. What type of physical attacks did Proust have growing up?
(a) Ashthma.
(b) Panic.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Paranoia.

5. What would Proust write to his mother and tell her about?
(a) His most recent friendship.
(b) His latest girlfriend.
(c) His last writing.
(d) The quality of his stool.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "La Flagorneur" mean in English?

3. What does Proust find the newspaper reduces murders, tragedies, and the whole human experience to?

4. What game did one person claim they would play in response to the newspaper's question?

5. What list does Proust develop at the end of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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