This document contains a "Proust Questionnaire" assignment for a Twentieth Century Humanities course taught by Professor Will Adams. The assignment asks students to answer 27 questions about themselves in complete sentences. Questions cover topics like perfect happiness, greatest fears, admired living people, favorite journeys, overrated virtues, occasions for lying, dislikes about appearance, overused words/phrases, greatest regrets, treasured possessions, lowest depths of misery, ideal places to live, most marked characteristics, values in friends, real-life heroes, favorite names, most disliked things, desired death, and personal mottos. Students are instructed to attach additional sheets if needed to fully answer the questions.

1. Twentieth Century Humanities: HUM2250
Professor Will Adams · Wadams5@valenciacollege.edu
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The Proust Questionnaire
Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. There are no incorrect answers
to these questions – with the exception of “I don’t know”. Attach additional sheets as
necessary if the spaces provided here are insufficient.
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness? 9. What or who is the greatest love of your
life?
2. What is your greatest fear?
10. When and where were you happiest?
3. Which living person do you most admire?
11. Which talent would you like most to
have?
4. What is your favorite journey?
12. What is your current state of mind?
5. What do you consider the most
overrated virtue?
13. If you could change one thing about
yourself, what would it be?
5. On what occasion do you lie?
14. If you could change one thing about
6. What do you dislike most about your your family, what would it be?
appearance?
15. What do you consider your biggest
7. Which words or phrases do you most achievement?
overuse?
16. If you were to die and come back as one
8. What is your greatest regret? person or thing, what do you think it would
be?

2. 17. If you could choose what to come back
as, what would it be?
18. What is your most treasured
possession?
19. What do you regard as the lowest depth
of misery?
20. Where would you like to live?
21. What is your most marked
characteristic?
22. What do you most value in your friends?
23. Who are your heroes in real life?
24. What are your favorite names?
25. What is it that you most dislike?
26. How would you like to die?
27. What is your motto?