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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Proust see in his friends?
(a) Their negativity.
(b) Their positivity.
(c) Their faults.
(d) Nothing.

2. What are great author's able to do according to Proust?
(a) Move people in their words.
(b) Express themselves in unique ways.
(c) Coin cliched terms.
(d) Create imagery and emotions in their readers.

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

4. Who was the artist Proust wanted the young man to be introduced to?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Monet.
(c) Jean-Baptiste Chardin.
(d) Jean-Baptiste.

5. Who wrote the "Lover and the Doctor"?
(a) Gabriel de La Rochefoucald.
(b) Marquis de Lau.
(c) Henri van Blarenberg.
(d) Proust.

6. Who is Gilberte?
(a) Proust's girlfriend.
(b) Proust's sister.
(c) The woman the narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" becomes enamored with.
(d) De Botton's girlfriend.

7. What is the final prescription for ensuring long lasting love?
(a) Threat of infedility.
(b) Desire for something new.
(c) The method of appecriation.
(d) Giving satisfaction.

8. How did Proust feel everyone should view the world?
(a) As if it were their's.
(b) As if it were real.
(c) As if it were new.
(d) As if it were magical.

9. What did Proust himself endlessly do in his writing?
(a) Wrote in multiple languages.
(b) Proofread his works.
(c) Revised his works.
(d) Rewrote his works.

10. What should lovers take great pains in doing according to Proust?
(a) Making each other feel supported.
(b) Discovering new things about their partners.
(c) Having special nights.
(d) Remembeirng the good times.

11. How many solutions does Proust offer for lovers to keep their love alive?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

12. What Impressionist artist does De Botton mention?
(a) Claude de Monet.
(b) Henry Matisse.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Degas.

13. What did Proust himself have a wide variety of?
(a) European art.
(b) Impressionist art.
(c) Nicknames.
(d) Books on writing.

14. Who was an editor who also wrote a piece about a composer George Bizet?
(a) Marquis de Lau.
(b) Louis Ganderax.
(c) De Botton.
(d) Proust.

15. What did Proust compare the moon to in one of his famous metaphors?
(a) Religion.
(b) An actor.
(c) A child.
(d) A woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Proust claim humans too often get upset at unnecessarily?

2. What are Proust's quotations on friendships like?

3. What does the narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" become enamored with?

4. How did Proust act when he was around different types of people?

5. What image does Proust's narrator have of the beach house he goes to in "In Search of Lost Time"?

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