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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Proust respond to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?
(a) To give the boy some reasoning for his actions.
(b) To refute the brevity of the first article.
(c) To release his own emotions.
(d) To tell the entire story.

2. What is Proust legendary for?
(a) His elaborate and long descriptions.
(b) His elaborate home.
(c) His long description of architecture.
(d) His companionship.

3. What does Proust urge his readers to focus on?
(a) The future.
(b) History.
(c) The past.
(d) The present.

4. What was Proust's father in particularly concerned with?
(a) Public learning.
(b) Public sanitation.
(c) Public broadcasting.
(d) Public intellect.

5. How did Proust's friends react to Proust's relationship with his mother?
(a) They were uncomfortable.
(b) They were annoyed.
(c) They did not care.
(d) They were bothered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Proust rarely exposed to?

2. Who is Marcel Proust?

3. Where does Proust suggest people would travel to in his response to the newspaper's poll?

4. What year did Proust write his novel that gave him international acclaim?

5. Who is Albertine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Proust urge his readers to focus their mind on?

2. What did Proust argue was most couple's problem falling out of love?

3. Describe Proust's mother.

4. What does Proust say about friendship in the quotes De Botton gives in Chapter 6?

5. What did Proust believe painter's were capable of?

6. How did Proust's friends feel about Proust's relationship with his mother?

7. How was Proust affected by Ruskin?

8. Describe Virginia Woolf's difficulty with writing.

9. Describe how Proust felt when people used trite and cliched expressions.

10. Describe Proust's childhood experience at the brothel.

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