Proust Questionnaire

I ask my students every year to fill out the Proust Questionnaire. It allows them to think about themselves in ways they may never have before, and it lets them be a part of history and be exposed to other writers. Almost all have never heard of him before or the questionnaire. 

Here are some of the questions...

• WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?
• WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATE OF MIND?
• WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE OCCUPATION?(WAY OF SPENDING TIME)
• WHAT HISTORICAL FIGURE DO YOU MOST IDENTIFY WITH?
• WHICH LIVING PERSON DO YOU MOST ADMIRE?
• WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FICTIONAL HERO?
• WHO ARE YOUR REAL-LIFE HEROES?
• WHAT IS YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION?
• WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU HAPPIEST?
• WHAT IS YOUR MOST OBVIOUS CHARACTERISTIC?
• WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE (HATE) IN YOURSELF?
• WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE IN OTHERS?
• WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST EXTRAVAGANCE?
• WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE JOURNEY?
• WHAT DO YOU MOST DISLIKE ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE?
• WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST OVER-RATED VIRTUE?
• ON WHAT OCCASION DO YOU LIE?
• WHICH WORDS OR PHRASES DO YOU MOST OVER-USE?
• IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
• WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT?
• WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE?
• WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN A MAN?
• WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN A WOMAN?
• WHAT IS IT YOU MOST DISLIKE?
• WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS?
• HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIE?
• IF YOU WERE TO DIE AND COME BACK AS A PERSON OR AN ANIMAL, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE?
• IF YOU COULD CHOOSE AN OBJECT TO COME BACK AS, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
• WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO (WORDS YOU LIVE BY OR THAT MEAN A LOT TO YOU)?
• WHO HAS BEEN THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON YOU?