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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 not being true to themselves.
(d) They are annoying.

4. 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 blind to ordinary things.
(d) He was an extravagant person.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

13. How did Proust act when he was around different types of people?
(a) Different according to whom he was with.
(b) Uncomfortable.
(c) Exuberantly.
(d) The same at all times.

14. What is the frequent problem with love according to Proust?
(a) People grow old and unattrative.
(b) People grow tired.
(c) People grow bored and restless.
(d) People change.

15. What happened where Proust went to with his father as a child?
(a) He was trapeeze.
(b) He caught a foul ball.
(c) He was unable to perform.
(d) He was great art.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Proust believe was far inferior to writing?

3. What does Proust reason jealousy sparks within a relationship?

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

5. What game must lovers continuously play according to Proust?

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