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The Proust Questionnaire, with Catherine Black
Submitted by Grace on November 1, 2011 - 11:54am
Catherine Black, an Assistant Professor of writing at OCAD University, is the author of A Hard Gold Thread (Guernica), her first prose project. Previously, she published a book of prose poetry, Lessons of Chaos and Disaster with Guernica's First Poet Series. In her answers to the Proust Questionnaire, Catherine tells Open Book about homonyms, x-ray vision and her current state of mind. The Proust Questionnaire was not invented by Marcel Proust, but it was a much loved game by the French author and many of his contemporaries. The idea behind the questionnaire is that the answers are supposed to reveal the respondent's "true" nature. What is your dream of happiness? What is your idea of misery? Where would you like to live? What qualities do you admire most in a man? What qualities do you admire most in a woman? What is your chief characteristic? What is your principal fault? What is your greatest extravagance? What faults in others are you most tolerant of? What do you value most about your friends? What characteristic do you dislike most in others? What characteristic do you dislike most in yourself? What is your favourite virtue? What is your favourite occupation? What would you like to be? What is your favourite colour? What is your favourite flower? What is your favourite bird? What historical figure do you admire the most? Who are your favourite prose authors? Who are your favourite poets? Who are your heroes in real life? Who is your favourite painter? What is your favourite food? What is your favourite drink? What are your favourite names? What natural talent would you most like to possess? How do you want to die? What is your current state of mind? What do you consider your greatest accomplishment? What is your motto?
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