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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the unhappy young boy a reflection of in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) De Botton.
(b) Gregh.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Albertine.

2. What did Proust believe was far inferior to writing?
(a) Conversation.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Radio.
(d) Music.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust's own problems with friendship come from?

2. What does the narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" become enamored with?

3. What did some of Proust's friends term Proust's over affection and fawning nature?

4. How long does it take for the narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" to grow bored with his new interest?

5. What did Proust strive to find within his writing?

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