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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Proust not practice what he preached in the message of "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) He did not like ordinary.
(b) He hated simple things.
(c) He was an extravagant person.
(d) He was blind to ordinary things.

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

4. What does Proust reason jealousy sparks within a relationship?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Renewed feelinsg of romance.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

5. Who rejected the story about the unsatisfied young boy from being published?
(a) The newspaper editor.
(b) No one.
(c) The magazine editor.
(d) His published.

6. Who did Proust write to in the letter De Botton shares in Chapter 8?
(a) His sister.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandfather,

7. What does the narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" become enamored with?
(a) A car.
(b) A house.
(c) A woman.
(d) An airplane.

8. What did Proust believe about painters?
(a) They were talented.
(b) They had the ability to open our eyes.
(c) They had the ability to move its viewer.
(d) They were needed in society.

9. What does the reality of people's life often not match in the perception of their life?
(a) The activity they have in their actions.
(b) Their own desires.
(c) The image they see.
(d) The passivity their life has.

10. Who is the unhappy young boy a reflection of in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) De Botton.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Gregh.
(d) Albertine.

11. What did Proust feel people should take the time to create?
(a) A good meal.
(b) Unique expressions.
(c) A nice essay.
(d) Unique thought.

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

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

14. What does Proust's narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" realize about the beach house?
(a) It's a typical 20th century resort town.
(b) It's a mansion.
(c) It's dilapidated.
(d) It's Gothic.

15. What did Proust feel people should separate in their friendship?
(a) The need for passion and intellect.
(b) Intellectual life and our need for companionship.
(c) The need for companionship and passion.
(d) The intellectual life and the means of support.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are great author's able to do according to Proust?

2. Why is the narrator upset about the way the beach house is in Proust's story?

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

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

5. What do Proust's friends say about Proust in the quotes De Botton gives?

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