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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 perception of his own sexuality?

2. Who wrote Pensees?

3. What did Proust repress in his life?

4. Who does De Botton wonder can be separated from his or her work in Chapter 4?

5. What question does De Botton ask after he discusses Proust's father's work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What question does De Botton wonder about the artist and his work?

2. What did Proust argue people were not being when they used cliches?

3. Describe Proust's physical health.

4. Who is John Ruskin?

5. What does Proust say about conversation?

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

7. What does De Botton reason the finger placing ability evokes in its readers?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Proust's quotes on friendship and the quotes Proust's friends say about Proust as a friend. Consider what insight this gives the reader about Proust.

Essay Topic 3

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

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