questionnaire de Marcel Proust (France)

Usually I write in French when I receive a card from France, but this one I think merits an English translation — shaky though mine will be — for those who might not read French. Here goes:

• my main personality characteristic

• what I want in a man

• what I want in a woman

• what I love most about my friends

• my biggest flaw

• my dream job

• my life’s dream

• what would be my greatest sadness

• what I would like to be

• the country where I would like to live

• my favorite color

• my favorite flower

• my favorite bird

• my favorite novelists

• my favorite poets

• my favorite fiction protagonist men

• my favorite fiction protagonist women

• my favorite composers

• my favorite painters

• my real life hero men

• my real life hero women

• my favorite names

• what I hate more than anything

• characteristics that I hate the most

• the military event that I admire the most

• the reform that I appreciate the most

• the gift of nature that I would most like to have

• how I would like to die

• the present state of my soul

• flaws that you’re willing to overlook

• my motto