View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Proust desire his reader to not do?
(a) Let life pass them by too quickly.
(b) Love from words.
(c) Love from experience.
(d) Read for experience.

2. What was the title of Proust's father's most successful book?
(a) "Hygiene Premises".
(b) "Elements to Good Health".
(c) "Promotions to Hygiene".
(d) "Elements of Hygiene".

3. Who does De Botton wonder can be separated from his or her work in Chapter 4?
(a) Writers.
(b) Artists.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Singers.

4. What did Proust's mother's actions cause Proust to do?
(a) Be insecure.
(b) Be annoying.
(c) Be clingy and helpless.
(d) Be loving.

5. How long is one sentence of Proust's in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) 4 and a half meters.
(b) 3 meters.
(c) 4 meters.
(d) 5 meters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust die from?

2. What was Proust's view towards romance like?

3. What list does Proust develop at the end of Chapter 2?

4. Which of the following people were not mentioned to have responded to the newspaper's poll?

5. What was Proust's mother like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Marquis de Lau Phenomenon?

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

3. What was Proust's problem with romance and love?

4. Describe Virginia Woolf's difficulty with writing.

5. What is the main component of Proust's work "In Search of Lost Time"?

6. Discuss the significance of the expectation of imagery in the young boy from Proust's essay.

7. What was Proust's father like?

8. How was Proust affected by Ruskin?

9. What does Proust suggest his reader's to use books as?

10. How did Proust respond to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mother?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 657 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample