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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Proust argue people are not doing when they use trite and cliched expressions?
(a) They rely on others to communicate.
(b) They are not being true to themselves.
(c) They are uneducated.
(d) They are annoying.

2. What was the artist Proust wanted the young boy to become acquainted with paint?
(a) People.
(b) Night skies.
(c) Water lillies.
(d) Still-life renderings.

3. Who did Proust write to in the letter De Botton shares in Chapter 8?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His grandfather,
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

4. Which of the following did the thoroughly unhappy young man Proust wrote about NOT desire?
(a) Cathedrals.
(b) Grand places.
(c) Traveling the world.
(d) Love.

5. What did Proust use to find his power of manipulation?
(a) His intellect.
(b) His wealth.
(c) His reading.
(d) His perception.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Proust reason jealousy sparks within a relationship?

2. What did Proust believe about people when they were with their friends?

3. How did Proust succeed in winning friends?

4. What image does Proust's narrator have of the beach house he goes to in "In Search of Lost Time"?

5. What does Proust's comparison of the moon show in comparison to the the author of "The Lover and the Doctor"?

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