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Proust Questionnaire

The Proust Questionnaire is a parlor game originally created by Marcel Proust that consists of 35 questions aimed at revealing a person's true nature. It is used in groups as a fun way to improve self-awareness by having participants answer questions about their ideals, fears, likes/dislikes, heroes, and life experiences. Some of the questions included ask about one's idea of happiness, greatest fears, admired living persons, when and where they were happiest, and how they would like to die.

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Proust Questionnaire

The Proust Questionnaire is a parlor game originally created by Marcel Proust that consists of 35 questions aimed at revealing a person's true nature. It is used in groups as a fun way to improve self-awareness by having participants answer questions about their ideals, fears, likes/dislikes, heroes, and life experiences. Some of the questions included ask about one's idea of happiness, greatest fears, admired living persons, when and where they were happiest, and how they would like to die.

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Proust Questionnaire

The Proust Questionnaire is a fun game (used to be a parlor game), made popular in previous decades
by Marcel Proust. He believed that an individual’s true nature could be revealed by answering these
questions. This questionnaire with groups for a fun way to improve self-awareness.

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?

2. What is your greatest fear?

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?

5. Which living person do you most admire?

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6. What is your greatest extravagance?

7. What is your current state of mind?

8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

9. On what occasion do you lie?

10. What do you most dislike about your appearance?

11. Which living person do you most despise?

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12. What is the quality you most like in a man?

13. What is the quality you most like in a woman?

14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

15. What or who is the greatest love of your life?

16. When and where were you happiest?

17. Which talent would you most like to have?

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18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

19. What do you consider your greatest achievement?

20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?

21. Where would you most like to live?

22. What is your most treasured possession?

23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

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24. What is your favorite occupation?

25. What is your most marked characteristic?

26. What do you most value in your friends?

27. Who are your favorite writers?

28. Who is your hero of fiction?

29. Which historical figure do you most identify with?

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30. Who are your heroes in real life?

31. What are your favorite names?

32. What is it that you most dislike?

33. What is your greatest regret?

34. How would you like to die?

35. What is your motto?

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