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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust's own problems with friendship come from?

2. Who was an editor who also wrote a piece about a composer George Bizet?

3. Who shows the narrator paintings of ordinary things, forcing the narrator to appreciate the simplicity in them?

4. How did Proust succeed in winning friends?

5. Which of the following did the thoroughly unhappy young man Proust wrote about NOT desire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and explain the relationship and connection Proust had with author John Ruskin and how his work helped shape Proust's view of writing, reading and himself as an author.

Essay Topic 2

Explain and discuss Proust's opinion on newspapers and what happened to make him feel the way he does about them.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Proust to his father, Dr. Adrien Proust and how they were similar and different.

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