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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Proust's friends say about Proust in the quotes De Botton gives?
(a) They say he is odd and ill.
(b) They give him kind words.
(c) The bash him.
(d) They praise him.

2. What does the reality of people's life often not match in the perception of their life?
(a) The image they see.
(b) The passivity their life has.
(c) Their own desires.
(d) The activity they have in their actions.

3. What does Proust reason humans as creatures of habit develop towards their lovers?
(a) A lack of apprecaition.
(b) A resentment.
(c) An expectation.
(d) Contemt for the familiar.

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

5. What should love always involve according to Proust?
(a) A support.
(b) A fulfillment.
(c) A need.
(d) A pursuit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the artist Proust wanted the young boy to become acquainted with paint?

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

3. What did Proust himself endlessly do in his writing?

4. What is the frequent problem with love according to Proust?

5. What was Proust excellent at arranging for everyone else except for himself?

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