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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Proust's personal life at odds with the answer he gave to the newspaper's question?
(a) He never went to the Louvre.
(b) He never traveled to India.
(c) He was a recluse himself.
(d) He never fell in love.

2. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) There are plenty of things humans should be unhappy about.
(b) Lust isthe driving force between all people.
(c) There are plenty of things humans should be happy about.
(d) Love is the driving force between all people.

3. Who is Marcel Proust?
(a) A historian.
(b) A singer.
(c) The subject of De Botton's book.
(d) An politician.

4. What year did Proust write his novel that gave him international acclaim?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1915.

5. What does Proust's description of the Duchesse de Guermantes reminds De Botton of?
(a) His sister.
(b) His step mother.
(c) His ex girlfriend.
(d) The step mother of an ex girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. In response to the newspaper's poll, what did one person think would happen to people's inhibitions?

2. What were Proust's main passions?

3. Which of the following people were not mentioned to have responded to the newspaper's poll?

4. What was the title of Proust's novel that gave him international acclaim?

5. According to the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel" what did Proust hate?

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