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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does Proust use to explain one solution of keeping lover's love alive?
(a) "Out of sight out of mind".
(b) "Absence makes the heart grow fonder".
(c) "Give to others more than you expect to receive".
(d) "Love them and continue to".

2. What image does Proust's narrator have of the beach house he goes to in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) That it's a shack.
(b) That it's a mansion.
(c) That it's light and airy.
(d) That it's Gothic style.

3. What does Proust's narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" realize about the beach house?
(a) It's Gothic.
(b) It's dilapidated.
(c) It's a mansion.
(d) It's a typical 20th century resort town.

4. What game must lovers continuously play according to Proust?
(a) A game of cat and dog.
(b) A game of cat and mouse.
(c) A game of jealousy.
(d) A game of perception.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Proust's friends say about Proust in the quotes De Botton gives?

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

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

4. How did Proust respond to the Impressionist art movement?

5. Who shows the narrator paintings of ordinary things, forcing the narrator to appreciate the simplicity in them?

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