92. A Very Brief History of the Proust Questionnaire

Join us as we uncover a short history of the Proust Questionnaire, from how it got its name to some of the other notable writers from history who’ve filled one out—and we even take a stab at answering a few of the questions ourselves. 

Discussed in this episode: 

Marcel Proust

Vanity Fair’s Proust Questionnaire archive 

Victorian parlor games

Oscar Wilde

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A.A. Milne

Paul Cezanne

“How the Proust Questionnaire went from Literary Curio to Prestige Personality Quiz” by Evan Kindley (The New Yorker)