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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Proust NOT say about friendship?
(a) It was a foolish sacrifice.
(b) It was a lie.
(c) It was a farce.
(d) It was needed.

2. What did Proust believe about people when they were with their friends?
(a) They were not themselves.
(b) They felt support.
(c) They were pretending.
(d) They were honest.

3. What did Proust feel people should separate in their friendship?
(a) The need for passion and intellect.
(b) Intellectual life and our need for companionship.
(c) The intellectual life and the means of support.
(d) The need for companionship and passion.

4. How did Proust act with his friends?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Generously and like a "people pleaser".
(c) Passively and with inferiority.
(d) He had no friends.

5. In what year did did Proust write the essay about the unsatisfied little boy?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1897.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reality of people's life often not match in the perception of their life?

2. What did Proust feel people's dissatisfaction or unhappiness ultimately was?

3. What is the final prescription for ensuring long lasting love?

4. What does Proust argue people are not doing when they use trite and cliched expressions?

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

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