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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 game did one person claim they would play in response to the newspaper's question?

2. What would Proust probe the train timetable for?

3. How many meals a day did Proust have?

4. What would Proust write to his mother and tell her about?

5. What year did Proust write his novel that gave him international acclaim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Proust suggest his reader's to use books as?

2. Describe what Proust's writing was infamous for?

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

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

5. What is the main component of Proust's work "In Search of Lost Time"?

6. What is Proust's overall point in his opinion on abbreviation?

7. How did Proust's lifestyle contradict his prompts to his readers?

8. Describe Proust's childhood experience at the brothel.

9. How did Proust feel about Claude Monet?

10. What are the dangers of reading?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Proust's own lifestyle to what he prompts and encourages his readers to do.

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