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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Proust's response to the newspaper's poll?
(a) That knowledge of imminent death would cause humans to apprciate life more fully.
(b) That people's social inhibitions would fall away.
(c) That people would go into mass panic.
(d) That people would begin to mend and repair estranged relationships.

2. 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 was a recluse himself.
(c) He never traveled to India.
(d) He never fell in love.

3. When was Proust's father's best selling book published?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1889.

4. Why did Proust respond to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?
(a) To refute the brevity of the first article.
(b) To give the boy some reasoning for his actions.
(c) To tell the entire story.
(d) To release his own emotions.

5. How many years was Proust a librarian for Mazarine library?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

3. What question does De Botton ask after he discusses Proust's father's work?

4. How did Proust feel in response to the article about the boy murdering his mother?

5. What is Pensees?

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