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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 the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

2. Where does Proust suggest people would travel to in his response to the newspaper's poll?

3. Who was the artist of Old Man and the Boy?

4. What year was Pensees written?

5. What did Proust's mother's actions cause Proust to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the L'Intransigeant?

2. Discuss what question De Botton details that the L'Intransigeant asked in one of its polls?

3. How did Proust feel about Claude Monet?

4. What was Proust's problem and difficulty with friendship?

5. How does De Botton believe Proust felt about his father?

6. What did Proust see the purpose of great writer's is?

7. Discuss the significance of the expectation of imagery in the young boy from Proust's essay.

8. Who is John Ruskin?

9. What solutions does Proust offer lover's to keep their love alive?

10. Describe the subject of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain and describe how it is congruent with Proust's character for him to appreciate and value Impressionist art.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and explain the theme and moral of Proust's essay about the unsatisfied young man.

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