I found an old swap back in 2009 where I completed the Proust Questionnaire, and thought it would be interesting to see what my answers would be now in 2014... then realized it'd be fun to actually do another swap and see what other people have to say too!

These questions are famous for being answered by Marcel Proust around 1890, and deal with your personality. Vanity Fair regularly has a section where famous people answer the Proust questions.

SWAP RULES

Try to keep one-word answers to a minimum, this is a peek at your personality so let it shine through! Answer all questions, and then send your answers to your partners via email. Be sure to bcc email addresses, it's just common courtesy. Please rate if your partner answers the questions per the rules NOT if you agree or disagree/like or dislike their answers!

4.92 - no recent 1's or 3's (unexplained). New swappers welcome.

THE QUESTIONS

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?