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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Proust die from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A headache.
(d) A cold.

4. How many months later did Proust die after responding to the newspaper's poll?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 5 months.

5. How old was Proust when he died?
(a) 41 years old.
(b) 53 years old.
(c) 51 years old.
(d) 65 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Proust's father's best selling book written for?

2. What did Proust's grandfather do?

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

4. How does De Botton believe Proust felt about his father?

5. Where does Proust suggest people would travel to in his response to the newspaper's poll?

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