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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Proust say about people when they used tried sayings?
(a) They are lazy.
(b) They lack creativity and authenticity.
(c) They are "superficial articulations" of ideas and experiences.
(d) They are plagiarizing.

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

3. What did some of Proust's friends term Proust's over affection and fawning nature?
(a) Proustist.
(b) Proustism.
(c) Prousting.
(d) Proustification.

4. 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 passivity their life has.
(d) The image they see.

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

6. How did Proust feel when people used trite and cliched expressions?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angered.
(d) Annoyed.

7. What did Proust believe was far inferior to writing?
(a) Radio.
(b) Music.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Poetry.

8. How did Proust succeed in winning friends?
(a) By his wealth.
(b) By being a listener.
(c) By keeping the conversation on the other person.
(d) By keeping the conversation on himself.

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

10. What does Proust's comparison of the moon show in comparison to the the author of "The Lover and the Doctor"?
(a) Proust's is a more genuine expression.
(b) Proust's is less vivid.
(c) Proust's is more lengthy and descriptive.
(d) They are the same.

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

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

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

14. Who is Aunt Leonie?
(a) Proust's aunt.
(b) De Botton's aunt.
(c) One of Proust's characters in "In Search of Lost Time".
(d) An author.

15. How did Proust respond to the Impressionist art movement?
(a) Indifferently.
(b) Unfavorably.
(c) He was supportive.
(d) Favorably.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Leonie daydream about?

2. What did Proust feel people's dissatisfaction or unhappiness ultimately was?

3. Where did Proust's father take Proust when he was a child?

4. What did Proust believe about painters?

5. How did Proust feel everyone should view the world?

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