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Marcel Proust - Life and Work Trivia Quiz

Marcel Proust - an influential French writer on literature around the world.

A multiple-choice quiz by scotspanlit. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
scotspanlit

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
232,849

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
243

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Where was Marcel Proust born? Hint

In the centre of Paris

In Albania

In Toulouse

In the Paris area

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the religious background of his middle-class parents? Hint

His parents were both Catholics

His father was a Catholic and his mother was Jewish

His father was a Protestant and his mother was a Catholic

His father was Jewish and his mother was a Catholic

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was Proust's patron? Hint

Anatole France

Mme Arman

John Ruskin

Reynaldo Hahn

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the name of Proust's first book? Hint

Jean Santeuil

Du c�te de chez Swann

� la recherche du temps perdu

Les Plaisirs et les jours

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was Proust's reaction when his mother died in September 1905? Hint

He shut himself away for a few months and wrote nothing

Overcome by grief, he lost himself in his writing

Freed from the task of looking after her, he began to lead a wild, exotic social life

He helped his father run the family business and gave up writing for a few months

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Question 6 of 10

6. What illnesses and ailments was Proust known to have suffered from? Hint

He had shingles

He had asthma

He had lumbago

He had chronic bronchitis

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "Swann's Way" Proust tells his memories while dunking (ie: dipping something into his tea). What does he dip into his hot tea? Hint

A piece of bread and butter

A tea cake

A madeleine

A biscuit

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the French town he remembers? Hint

Brucourt

Paris

Combray

Toulouse

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Question 9 of 10

9. Was Proust ever married? Hint

Yes. He married L�onie in the late 1890s

No. Reynaldo Hahn was thought to have been one of his lovers.

Nobody knows but some critics have suggested that he probably married L�onie

Not officially but L�onie was the mother of his only child.

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Question 10 of 10

10. How and when did Proust die? Hint

Proust died of malaria in 1921

Proust died of pneumonia in 1922

Proust died of tuberculosis in 1921

Proust died of typhoid in 1922

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was Marcel Proust born?

Answer: In the Paris area

Proust was born in Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy. This was the southern sector of a rustic part of Southern Paris. He was born at his mother's uncle's house.

2. What was the religious background of his middle-class parents?

Answer: His father was a Catholic and his mother was Jewish

His father was a Catholic doctor and his mother came from a rich, cultured Jewish background.

3. Who was Proust's patron?

Answer: Mme Arman

Madame Arman had a salon which Proust visited. Anatole Ferance was a friend of hers. Hahn was a very close friend of Proust's.

4. What was the name of Proust's first book?

Answer: Les Plaisirs et les jours

"Les Plaisirs" was his first book, a collection of short stories and poems, published in 1896. He began writing the novel "Jean Santeuil" in 1895 but abandoned it. (The unfinished work was later published in 1952.)
"Du C�te de chez Swann" (Swann's Way) was part of the second volume of "� la recherche du temps perdu" (Remembrance of Things Past) published in 1913.

5. What was Proust's reaction when his mother died in September 1905?

Answer: He shut himself away for a few months and wrote nothing

His father's death in 1903 was quickly followed by that of his mother in 1905. After this Proust increasingly became something of a virtual recluse, withdrew from social life and he spent most of his time in bed writing. He lined his bedroom with cork to exclude noise. He always had all the windows shut and the air full of inhalents.

6. What illnesses and ailments was Proust known to have suffered from?

Answer: He had asthma

Proust was plagued with ill health and suffered from asthma. He had his first asthma attack at the age of nine and subsequently suffered badly from it. He was also a neurotic.

7. In "Swann's Way" Proust tells his memories while dunking (ie: dipping something into his tea). What does he dip into his hot tea?

Answer: A madeleine

"Swann's Way" tells two related stories, one revolving around Marcel and his memories of a French town. While doing so, he dips a madeleine into his piping hot tea.

8. What is the name of the French town he remembers?

Answer: Combray

Combray is a small town, two hours south-west of Paris, in central France that Proust used as a model. It is one of the narrator's childhood vacation homes in "Remembrance of Things Past". Originally known as "Illiers", the village was renamed Illiers-Combray during the Proust centennial in 1972.

9. Was Proust ever married?

Answer: No. Reynaldo Hahn was thought to have been one of his lovers.

Proust never married and L�onie was his aunt.

10. How and when did Proust die?

Answer: Proust died of pneumonia in 1922

Having been of poor health, during much of his life, Proust died of pneumonia on November 18, 1922.

Source: Author scotspanlit

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