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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Proust feel everyone should view the world?
(a) As if it were their's.
(b) As if it were real.
(c) As if it were new.
(d) As if it were magical.

2. Which of the following did Proust NOT argue people should act around our friends?
(a) Affectionate.
(b) Superficial
(c) Warm.
(d) Dependent.

3. In what year did did Proust write the essay about the unsatisfied little boy?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1900.

4. Who is Proust's impressionist-like painter among his characters in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Elister.
(d) Elstir.

5. Who is Marcel Proust?
(a) A historian.
(b) An politician.
(c) The subject of De Botton's book.
(d) A singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Proust's father's name?

2. What does De Botton suggest about human bodies?

3. What is an artist's role in the judgment of art?

4. What will the reader eventually feel about the work he or she is reading?

5. How would great stories of literature become boring?

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