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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Proust's father's best selling book written for?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Teenage girls.
(d) Teenage boys.

2. How many meals a day did Proust have?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4 small ones.
(d) 3.

3. What is Proust legendary for?
(a) His companionship.
(b) His elaborate home.
(c) His elaborate and long descriptions.
(d) His long description of architecture.

4. What did Proust give as an example of people becoming unsatisfied at something they grew used to?
(a) The car.
(b) The television.
(c) The airplane.
(d) The telephone.

5. Why is the narrator upset about the way the beach house is in Proust's story?
(a) The reality was exactly like his image.
(b) He wanted solitude.
(c) He wasn't.
(d) The reality did not match his image.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust write in response to Ruskin's death?

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

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

4. How many months later did Proust die after responding to the newspaper's poll?

5. Who shows the narrator paintings of ordinary things, forcing the narrator to appreciate the simplicity in them?

(see the answer key)

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