Unit+1+-+Proust+Questionnaire+Collage



** Proust Questionnaire Collage **

Just like a visual collage, your written collage will consist of separate, disconnected bits of writing, rather than one continuous piece of writing, like a formal essay.

Your audience will be your teacher and your classmates. Also, you will be part of your audience because you will tell things about yourself you may not have known before.

1) Look through all the pieces you’ve written based on the prompts below (there are 30) and choose the 10-15 pieces (passages) you like best.

2) Write two or three more short bits, if need be. Use what you’ve already written to  give you ideas.

3) Arrange them in what seems the best order – to you . Choose and arrange by   instinct or intuition. ** Do not arrange in sequential order **.

4) You might see the need to write one or two more sections. Perhaps other  experiences or thoughts come to mind – perhaps an opening and closing piece, but  not a traditional “introduction” or “conclusion.”

5) Next, revise it all, but in a minimal way. Don’t rewrite whole parts – just leave   out words, phrases, sentences, or passages that don’t work.

6) Copyedit your collage carefully and type it up so it looks its best. Between  sections, leave four spaces (hit Enter twice when using double-spaced lines), or  some symbol between sections.

Remember: · Use Times New Roman, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Cambria (or similar), 12 point. · Follow MLA format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01 · Use between 10-15 writings from the questionnaire in your collage.

**Proust Questionnaire**
Answer each one (or the 10-15 you find most compelling) and provide a brief exploration of why you answered the way you did, to include the “I”. 1) What is your idea of perfect happiness? 2) What is your greatest fear? 3) Which historical figure do you most identify with? 4) Which living person do you most admire? 5) What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? 6) What is the trait you most deplore in others? 7) What is your greatest extravagance? 8) What is your favorite journey? 9) What do you consider the most overrated virtue? 10) On what occasion do you lie? 11) What or who is the greatest love of your life? 12) When and where were you happiest? 13) Which talent would you most like to have? 14) What is your current state of mind? 15) If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be? 16) What do you consider your greatest achievement? 17) If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, who or what would you choose? 18) Where would you like to live? 19) What is your favorite occupation? 20) What is your most marked characteristic? 21) What is the quality you most admire in a man? 22) What is the quality you most admire in a woman? 23) What do you most value in your friends? 24) Who are your favorite writers? 25) Who is your favorite hero of fiction? 26) Who are your heroes in real life? 27) What are your favorite names? 28) What is it that you most dislike? 29) How would you like to die? 30) What is your motto?