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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author was affected by their admiration of Proust's work?
(a) Gerturde Stein.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Virginia Woolfe.

2. What is Proust's narrator suddenly filled with after he eats some cake in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Zest and energy.
(c) Motivation.
(d) Passion.

3. What was the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) A column for obituaries.
(b) A column that polled celebrities.
(c) A column for gardening.
(d) A column that interviewed politicians.

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

5. What does Aunt Leonie daydream about?
(a) Her parents death.
(b) Her family leaving her.
(c) Her own death.
(d) Her family dying in a house fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Proust's main passions?

2. Who was the artist Proust wanted the young man to be introduced to?

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

4. Who is the unhappy young boy a reflection of in "In Search of Lost Time"?

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

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