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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would great stories of literature become boring?
(a) If they omitted details and left only facts.
(b) If they did not include violence.
(c) If they did not include romance.
(d) If they were reduced to one sentence sound bites.

2. What did Proust refuse from the doctors on his deathbed?
(a) Medication.
(b) To talk to them.
(c) Being seen by one.
(d) Diagnosis.

3. Who is Proust's impressionist-like painter among his characters in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) Elstir.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Elister.
(d) Ellen.

4. What list does Proust develop at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A list of benefits of MLP.
(b) A list of benefits of MLB.
(c) A list of benefits for writing.
(d) A list of benefits for reading.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Proust's friend in which he wrote a mean and berating letter that he never sent and another full of praise that he did send?

2. Where does Proust suggest people would travel to in his response to the newspaper's poll?

3. What was Proust excellent at arranging for everyone else except for himself?

4. What is the final prescription for ensuring long lasting love?

5. When was Proust's father's best selling book published?

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