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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does De Botton suggest about human social life?
(a) It is unnecessary.
(b) It is sincere.
(c) It is insincere.
(d) It is necessary.

2. Why would Proust sometimes examine a mundane train timetable?
(a) To fall asleep.
(b) To keep his brain active.
(c) To go crosseyed.
(d) To keep learning.

3. What did Proust explain after the article was written about the young boy who murdered his mom.
(a) Henry's state of mind.
(b) Henri's state of mind.
(c) Henry's cause of death.
(d) Henri's cause of death.

4. Who is Kate?
(a) De Botton's girlfriend.
(b) Proust's mother.
(c) De Botton's sister.
(d) Proust's girlfriend.

5. What was Proust's father in particularly concerned with?
(a) Public sanitation.
(b) Public broadcasting.
(c) Public learning.
(d) Public intellect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marquis de Lau?

2. How many months later did Proust die after responding to the newspaper's poll?

3. What does Proust believe a life examined is?

4. What year did Proust write his novel that gave him international acclaim?

5. At the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel" what was the title of the newspaper De Botton analyzes?

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