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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Proust's father's name?

2. What is Pensees?

3. What does De Botton coin the term of reader's seeing themselves in works of fiction as?

4. What were Proust's main passions?

5. How many years was Proust a librarian for Mazarine library?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Proust's mother.

2. How did Proust's opinion about knowledge of the end of the world contradict his own way of living?

3. Who is John Ruskin?

4. What was Proust's sexuality like?

5. Describe the young boy in the essay Proust wrote that was centered around a young boy's unhappiness.

6. How did Proust behave around his friends?

7. Who is Henri van Blarenberghe?

8. How did Proust feel about Claude Monet?

9. What is the Marquis de Lau Phenomenon?

10. Who is Jean-Baptiste Chardin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss Proust's relationship with his mother and how his relationship with her affected his life greatly.

Essay Topic 2

Explain what the Marquis de Lau Pehomenon is and how MLP is beneficial.

Essay Topic 3

Explain and discuss how Proust demonstrates the ability to release his true opinions about his friends without ever even saying a word about or to them.

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