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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Proust act with his friends?
(a) Generously and like a "people pleaser".
(b) Passively and with inferiority.
(c) He had no friends.
(d) Calmly.

2. What was Proust allergic to?
(a) Soap.
(b) Soap and shaving cream.
(c) Cologne.
(d) Cologne and soap.

3. Who is Marquis de Lau?
(a) A well known figure in Paris.
(b) A well known figure in Rome.
(c) A well known figure in Spain.
(d) A friend of Proust's.

4. What was the rage of all aristocratic circles in the early 20th century?
(a) Knowledge and interest of art.
(b) Collecting art.
(c) Going to art shows.
(d) Appreciating art.

5. In response to the newspaper's poll, what did one person think would happen to people's inhibitions?
(a) All social inhibitions would utterly fall away.
(b) People would become more inhibited.
(c) Nothing was said about social inhibitions in this text.
(d) People would become less inhibited.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years had it been since Proust visited the Louvre when he responded to the newspaper's poll?

2. What author was affected by their admiration of Proust's work?

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

4. Which of the following did Proust NOT argue people should act around our friends?

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

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