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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Proust strive to find within his writing?
(a) The most perfect means of expression.
(b) The most perfect writing.
(c) The most perfect storytelling.
(d) The most perfect means of communication.

3. What game must lovers continuously play according to Proust?
(a) A game of perception.
(b) A game of cat and dog.
(c) A game of cat and mouse.
(d) A game of jealousy.

4. Which of the following did Proust NOT use to describe conversation?
(a) It was thoughtful.
(b) It does not allow for revision.
(c) It does not allow time for introspection.
(d) It was quick and constant.

5. What was Proust excellent at arranging for everyone else except for himself?
(a) Love.
(b) Parties.
(c) Appreciation.
(d) Happiness.

6. 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 Gothic.
(d) It's dilapidated.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. What did Proust think the young man would find by becoming familiar with the artist's work?
(a) Admire the little things.
(b) Happiness in the simplicty.
(c) Complacity.
(d) The grandeur in the ordinary.

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

12. Which of the following did the thoroughly unhappy young man Proust wrote about NOT desire?
(a) Grand places.
(b) Love.
(c) Traveling the world.
(d) Cathedrals.

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

14. What image does Proust's narrator have of the beach house he goes to in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) That it's light and airy.
(b) That it's a shack.
(c) That it's a mansion.
(d) That it's Gothic style.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Proust feel when people used trite and cliched expressions?

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

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

4. What does the reality of people's life often not match in the perception of their life?

5. How did Proust not practice what he preached in the message of "In Search of Lost Time"?

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