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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many volumes was "In Search of Lost Time" intended to be?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. What does the narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" become enamored with?
(a) A car.
(b) A woman.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A house.

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

5. Who is Proust's impressionist-like painter among his characters in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Elister.
(d) Elstir.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following did Proust NOT say about friendship?

3. What did Proust feel people should take the time to create?

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

5. Where did Proust's father take Proust when he was a child?

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