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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" become enamored with?
(a) A house.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A woman.
(d) A car.

2. What are great author's able to do according to Proust?
(a) Coin cliched terms.
(b) Create imagery and emotions in their readers.
(c) Move people in their words.
(d) Express themselves in unique ways.

3. What does Aunt Leonie daydream about?
(a) Her family dying in a house fire.
(b) Her own death.
(c) Her family leaving her.
(d) Her parents death.

4. What does Proust reason jealousy sparks within a relationship?
(a) Anger.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Renewed feelinsg of romance.

5. What does Proust argue people are not doing when they use trite and cliched expressions?
(a) They are not being true to themselves.
(b) They are annoying.
(c) They rely on others to communicate.
(d) They are uneducated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust believe about painters?

2. What does "La Flagorneur" mean in English?

3. What do Proust's friends say about Proust in the quotes De Botton gives?

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

5. Which of the following did Proust NOT use to describe conversation?

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