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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the title of Proust's father's most successful book?
(a) "Promotions to Hygiene".
(b) "Hygiene Premises".
(c) "Elements of Hygiene".
(d) "Elements to Good Health".

2. When was a brief bulletin written about a boy Proust knew murdering his mother?
(a) February 1907.
(b) January 1907.
(c) January 1917.
(d) January 1909.

3. How does De Botton believe Proust felt about his father?
(a) He was inspiring.
(b) He was intimidated.
(c) He was smart.
(d) He was motivating.

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

5. Who was Proust's father's best selling book written for?
(a) Teenage boys.
(b) Teenage girls.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Pensees written?

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

3. What does Proust desire his reader to not do?

4. What does the examination of merits of art include in its survey?

5. What does De Botton say to suggest it makes sense for De Botton to become an author?

(see the answer key)

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