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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does De Botton claim humans are most dedicated to at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) Unhappiness.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Love.

4. Who wrote Pensees?
(a) Blaze Pascal.
(b) Blaise Pascal.
(c) Blois Pasture.
(d) Pascal Blay.

5. How did Proust's friends react to Proust's relationship with his mother?
(a) They did not care.
(b) They were bothered.
(c) They were annoyed.
(d) They were uncomfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Proust find the newspaper reduces murders, tragedies, and the whole human experience to?

2. What did Proust have a fear of?

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

4. What list does Proust develop at the end of Chapter 2?

5. What was Proust's view towards romance like?

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