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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) Lust isthe driving force between all people.
(b) Love is the driving force between all people.
(c) There are plenty of things humans should be happy about.
(d) There are plenty of things humans should be unhappy about.

2. What was Proust's perception of his own sexuality?
(a) He self loathed.
(b) He was numb to himself.
(c) He was narcissistic.
(d) He self loved.

3. Who is Kate?
(a) De Botton's girlfriend.
(b) Proust's girlfriend.
(c) Proust's mother.
(d) De Botton's sister.

4. What was Proust's view towards romance like?
(a) Opitimistic.
(b) Negative.
(c) Pessimistic.
(d) Outgoing.

5. What was the young man who murdered his mother named?
(a) Henri van Schlotter.
(b) Henri van Blarenberge.
(c) Henry von Blarenberg.
(d) Henry von Schlotter.

6. What game did one person claim they would play in response to the newspaper's question?
(a) Golf.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Croquet.

7. What was the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) A column that interviewed politicians.
(b) A column that polled celebrities.
(c) A column for gardening.
(d) A column for obituaries.

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

9. What was Proust's response to the newspaper's poll?
(a) That people's social inhibitions would fall away.
(b) That people would go into mass panic.
(c) That people would begin to mend and repair estranged relationships.
(d) That knowledge of imminent death would cause humans to apprciate life more fully.

10. Who is Albertine?
(a) Proust's mother.
(b) Proust's girlfriend.
(c) A character in Proust's book.
(d) Proust's sister.

11. What would Proust write to his mother and tell her about?
(a) His latest girlfriend.
(b) His last writing.
(c) The quality of his stool.
(d) His most recent friendship.

12. What does Proust's description of the Duchesse de Guermantes reminds De Botton of?
(a) His ex girlfriend.
(b) His step mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) The step mother of an ex girlfriend.

13. How many meals a day did Proust have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4 small ones.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

15. What year was Pensees written?
(a) 1625.
(b) 1626.
(c) 1623.
(d) 1624.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Proust when his attacks began?

2. When was Proust's father's best selling book published?

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

4. What would Proust probe the train timetable for?

5. What did Proust explain after the article was written about the young boy who murdered his mom.

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