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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Proust suggest people would travel to in his response to the newspaper's poll?
(a) The Louvre and Rome.
(b) The Louvre and India.
(c) China and the Louvre.
(d) India and China.

2. How would great stories of literature become boring?
(a) If they were reduced to one sentence sound bites.
(b) If they did not include romance.
(c) If they omitted details and left only facts.
(d) If they did not include violence.

3. 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 never fell in love.
(d) He was a recluse himself.

4. What list does Proust develop at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A list of benefits for writing.
(b) A list of benefits of MLP.
(c) A list of benefits for reading.
(d) A list of benefits of MLB.

5. What does De Botton suggest about human bodies?
(a) Humans become unhappy as our bodies go frail.
(b) They are insufficient.
(c) They are ugly.
(d) They lack security.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did the newspaper ask its readers that De Botton analyzes?

2. Why would Proust sometimes examine a mundane train timetable?

3. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

4. What does De Botton claim humans are most dedicated to at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

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

(see the answer key)

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