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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What does Proust argue people are not doing when they use trite and cliched expressions?
(a) They rely on others to communicate.
(b) They are uneducated.
(c) They are annoying.
(d) They are not being true to themselves.

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

6. How long does it take for the narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" to grow bored with his new interest?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 20 minutes.

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

8. What do Proust's friends say about Proust in the quotes De Botton gives?
(a) They say he is odd and ill.
(b) The bash him.
(c) They give him kind words.
(d) They praise him.

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

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

11. What did Proust feel people's dissatisfaction or unhappiness ultimately was?
(a) Failure of perception.
(b) Failure to understand.
(c) Failure to communicate.
(d) Failure to love.

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

13. How many volumes was "In Search of Lost Time" intended to be?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aunt Leonie?

2. What did Proust believe about painters?

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

4. What should love always involve according to Proust?

5. How did Proust respond to the Impressionist art movement?

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