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Wed June 29, 2011
The Monthly Epic: A History of Canadian Magazines
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The Proust Questionnaire, with Shane Neilson
Submitted by clelia on July 12, 2010 - 2:50pm
Shane Neilson is the author of Complete Physical (The Porcupine's Quill). In his answers to the Proust Questionnaire, he tells us his dream of happiness, his chief characteristic, his principal fault and more. 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 do you regard as the lowest depth 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 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? What character in history do you most dislike? Who are your favourite prose authors? Who are your favourite poets? Who are your favourite heroes in fiction? Who are your heroes in real life? Who is your favourite painter? Who is your favourite musician? What is your favourite food? What is your favourite drink? What are your favourite names? What is it you most dislike? What natural talent gift would you most like to possess? How do you want to die? What is your current state of mind? What is your motto?
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