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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Proust considered to be in the 1920s?
(a) A great author.
(b) He was an aspiring lawyer.
(c) He was an aspiring author.
(d) A bonafide celebrity.
2. How would great stories of literature become boring?
(a) If they did not include violence.
(b) If they were reduced to one sentence sound bites.
(c) If they did not include romance.
(d) If they omitted details and left only facts.
3. What did Proust repress in his life?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Sexual desire.
(c) Intimate desire.
(d) Travels.
4. How long is one sentence of Proust's in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) 3 meters.
(b) 5 meters.
(c) 4 and a half meters.
(d) 4 meters.
5. Who is Marcel Proust?
(a) A singer.
(b) An politician.
(c) The subject of De Botton's book.
(d) A historian.
6. What did Proust die from?
(a) A headache.
(b) A cold.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A heart attack.
7. What question does De Botton ask after he discusses Proust's father's work?
(a) "What are the benefits of reading"?
(b) "To Read or Not to Read"?
(c) "If We Should Read"?
(d) "How Should We Read"?
8. Why did Proust respond to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?
(a) To give the boy some reasoning for his actions.
(b) To tell the entire story.
(c) To refute the brevity of the first article.
(d) To release his own emotions.
9. How many books did Proust's father publish?
(a) 35.
(b) 43.
(c) 32.
(d) 34.
10. What was the name of the comedy troupe that aimed to find the most succinct summary of Proust's work?
(a) Money Pyton.
(b) Ponty Mython.
(c) Monty Python.
(d) Montey P.
11. What were Proust's main passions?
(a) Reading and analyzing.
(b) Writing and reading.
(c) Literature and writing.
(d) Law and medicine.
12. In what year did Proust's father die?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1906.
13. What is an artist's role in the judgment of art?
(a) He or she is important.
(b) To remain subjective.
(c) He or she is unimportant.
(d) To remain objective.
14. How did Proust's friends react to Proust's relationship with his mother?
(a) They were annoyed.
(b) They were uncomfortable.
(c) They were bothered.
(d) They did not care.
15. Who was the artist of Old Man and the Boy?
(a) Garland Domenion.
(b) Ghirlandiouso.
(c) Domenico Ghirlandio.
(d) Domnico Ghirland.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Proust's mother's actions cause Proust to do?
2. What game did one person claim they would play in response to the newspaper's question?
3. Which of the following people were not mentioned to have responded to the newspaper's poll?
4. What was the title of Proust's father's most successful book?
5. How many meals a day did Proust have?
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