2. What did Proust refuse from the doctors on his deathbed?
(a) Medication.
(b) Diagnosis.
(c) Being seen by one.
(d) To talk to them.

3. What does De Botton say to suggest it makes sense for De Botton to become an author?
(a) His family was full of writers.
(b) He loved to read.
(c) He was an English teacher.
(d) He loved books.

4. How many months later did Proust die after responding to the newspaper's poll?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 7 months.

5. Who does De Botton wonder can be separated from his or her work in Chapter 4?
(a) Singers.
(b) Artists.
(c) Writers.
(d) Musicians.

6. In what year did Proust's father die?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1904.

7. What does Proust urge his readers to focus on?
(a) The future.
(b) History.
(c) The present.
(d) The past.

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

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

10. What city's newspaper does De Botton analyze at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) London.
(b) Milan.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

11. What did Proust's mother's actions cause Proust to do?
(a) Be loving.
(b) Be clingy and helpless.
(c) Be annoying.
(d) Be insecure.

12. What did Proust's grandfather do?
(a) Practiced law.
(b) Taught history.
(c) Manufactured wax candles.
(d) Practiced medicine.

13. What does De Botton suggest about human social life?
(a) It is insincere.
(b) It is unnecessary.
(c) It is sincere.
(d) It is necessary.

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

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