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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Proust respond to the Impressionist art movement?
(a) Unfavorably.
(b) Favorably.
(c) He was supportive.
(d) Indifferently.

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

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

5. How did Proust feel everyone should view the world?
(a) As if it were new.
(b) As if it were magical.
(c) As if it were real.
(d) As if it were their's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Proust NOT use to describe conversation?

2. Who was an editor who also wrote a piece about a composer George Bizet?

3. What phrase does Proust use to explain one solution of keeping lover's love alive?

4. What was the artist Proust wanted the young boy to become acquainted with paint?

5. According to Proust, what should exist when a lover is being obtained?

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