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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator upset about the way the beach house is in Proust's story?

2. What does Proust argue people are not doing when they use trite and cliched expressions?

3. What did Proust compare the moon to in one of his famous metaphors?

4. What did Proust feel people should take the time to create?

5. What did some of Proust's friends term Proust's over affection and fawning nature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe Proust's writing style and the effect it had on other forms of art.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the real artist Jean-Baptiste Chardin to Proust's fictional character, Elstir, in "In Search of Lost Time".

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