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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 were Proust's main passions?

2. What does De Botton suggest about human social life?

3. What type of physical attacks did Proust have growing up?

4. What city's newspaper does De Botton analyze at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

5. Who did Proust tell that he wanted his book to do for people what his father did for people?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Proust's mother.

3. Describe Virginia Woolf's difficulty with writing.

4. Describe De Botton's MLP moment with Proust's character Albertine from "In Search of Lost Time".

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

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

7. Describe some of the benefits of MLP.

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

9. What did Proust feel people should take their time to create?

10. Describe Proust's physical health.

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and explain the reasons Proust gives for humans falling in and out of love.

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