Marcel Proust — Questions and answers
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What was the name of the first book Marcel Proust self-published?
Choices
- A. Du côté de chez Swann ✓
- B. À la recherche du temps perdu
- C. The Socialite's Ramblings
- D. Gaston Gallimard's Review
Answer: A. Du côté de chez Swann
From page 1
What health problem did Marcel Proust have when he was a child?
Choices
- A. A broken leg
- B. Chronic asthma ✓
- C. Bad eyesight
- D. A runny nose
Answer: B. Chronic asthma
From page 2
What did Marcel Proust mainly do at the fancy Parisian parties?
Choices
- A. He told funny jokes to everyone.
- B. He carefully watched and listened to people. ✓
- C. He played games with the guests.
- D. He danced until the morning.
Answer: B. He carefully watched and listened to people.
From page 3
Who did Marcel Proust support during the 'Affaire Dreyfus'?
Choices
- A. Anatole France
- B. Alfred Dreyfus ✓
- C. The French government
- D. The people who made the accusations
Answer: B. Alfred Dreyfus
From page 4
What sad event made Marcel Proust retreat more into his apartment and work on his great book?
Choices
- A. He lost his favorite pet.
- B. His mother passed away. ✓
- C. He decided to move to a new town.
- D. He became famous overnight.
Answer: B. His mother passed away.
From page 5
Why was Marcel Proust's bedroom lined with cork?
Choices
- A. To make it look fancy and unique.
- B. To keep it very warm in winter.
- C. To block out city noise and pollen that caused his asthma. ✓
- D. To store more books on the walls.
Answer: C. To block out city noise and pollen that caused his asthma.
From page 6
What did Marcel Proust do when his book was rejected by many publishers?
Choices
- A. He gave up writing books forever.
- B. He decided to pay for the book to be published himself. ✓
- C. He asked someone else to write it for him.
- D. He threw all his papers away in frustration.
Answer: B. He decided to pay for the book to be published himself.
From page 7
What important award did Marcel Proust win for his second book?
Choices
- A. The Golden Pen Award
- B. The Prix Goncourt ✓
- C. The Nobel Prize for Literature
- D. The Young Writers Award
Answer: B. The Prix Goncourt
From page 8
How did Marcel Proust continue to work on his book when he was very sick?
Choices
- A. He stopped writing and just read books.
- B. He dictated new parts to his secretaries and glued pages together. ✓
- C. He hired other writers to finish the book for him.
- D. He used a special magic pen that wrote by itself.
Answer: B. He dictated new parts to his secretaries and glued pages together.
From page 9
What important idea does Marcel Proust's book teach us about the past?
Choices
- A. The past is always gone forever.
- B. The past is only for grown-ups to think about.
- C. The past is never truly lost and can be found again in our memories. ✓
- D. We should try to forget everything that happened in the past.
Answer: C. The past is never truly lost and can be found again in our memories.
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