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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an artist's role in the judgment of art?
(a) He or she is unimportant.
(b) To remain objective.
(c) To remain subjective.
(d) He or she is important.

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

3. What was Proust's father's occupation?
(a) He was a doctor.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was a writer.
(d) He was a lawyer.

4. Who wrote the "Lover and the Doctor"?
(a) Gabriel de La Rochefoucald.
(b) Henri van Blarenberg.
(c) Marquis de Lau.
(d) Proust.

5. How long is one sentence of Proust's in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) 4 meters.
(b) 4 and a half meters.
(c) 3 meters.
(d) 5 meters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Proust allergic to?

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

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

5. What does De Botton suggest about human bodies?

(see the answer key)

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