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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image does Proust's narrator have of the beach house he goes to in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) That it's Gothic style.
(b) That it's light and airy.
(c) That it's a shack.
(d) That it's a mansion.

2. What does Proust desire his reader to not do?
(a) Read for experience.
(b) Love from words.
(c) Love from experience.
(d) Let life pass them by too quickly.

3. What did Proust explain after the article was written about the young boy who murdered his mom.
(a) Henry's cause of death.
(b) Henri's state of mind.
(c) Henri's cause of death.
(d) Henry's state of mind.

4. How did Proust act when he was around different types of people?
(a) Exuberantly.
(b) The same at all times.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Different according to whom he was with.

5. What was the artist Proust wanted the young boy to become acquainted with paint?
(a) Water lillies.
(b) People.
(c) Still-life renderings.
(d) Night skies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust say about people when they used tried sayings?

2. What does Proust's comparison of the moon show in comparison to the the author of "The Lover and the Doctor"?

3. What was the rage of all aristocratic circles in the early 20th century?

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

5. How did Proust respond to the Impressionist art movement?

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