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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. How does De Botton believe Proust felt about his father?
(a) He was intimidated.
(b) He was inspiring.
(c) He was motivating.
(d) He was smart.

2. What year did Proust write his novel that gave him international acclaim?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1919.

3. What does Proust believe a life examined is?
(a) A life well lived.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) Essential to everyone.
(d) A life worthless.

4. What does De Botton say to suggest it makes sense for De Botton to become an author?
(a) He was an English teacher.
(b) He loved books.
(c) His family was full of writers.
(d) He loved to read.

5. Who did Proust tell that he wanted his book to do for people what his father did for people?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His sister.
(c) His maid.
(d) His doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Proust's perception of his own sexuality?

2. Who was Proust's father's best selling book written for?

3. How many months later did Proust die after responding to the newspaper's poll?

4. How old was Proust when he died?

5. What did Proust repress in his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Proust's father like?

2. How does De Botton believe Proust felt about his father?

3. What did Proust feel jealousy had the power to do?

4. What question does De Botton wonder about the artist and his work?

5. How did Proust behave around his friends?

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

7. Describe how Proust ultimately released the way he truly felt about his friends.

8. How did Proust's lifestyle contradict his prompts to his readers?

9. Describe the young boy in the essay Proust wrote that was centered around a young boy's unhappiness.

10. Why was it fitting that Proust became a writer?

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