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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Proust find the newspaper reduces murders, tragedies, and the whole human experience to?
(a) Snippets or fantasy.
(b) Snippets of reality.
(c) Bite size information.
(d) "A morning treat".

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

3. What was Proust allergic to?
(a) Soap and shaving cream.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Cologne and soap.
(d) Soap.

4. What did Proust die from?
(a) A cold.
(b) A headache.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A heart attack.

5. What question does De Botton ask after he discusses Proust's father's work?
(a) "To Read or Not to Read"?
(b) "If We Should Read"?
(c) "What are the benefits of reading"?
(d) "How Should We Read"?

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Proust sometimes examine a mundane train timetable?

2. What does abbreviation not do justice for?

3. What is Proust legendary for?

4. What did Proust refuse from the doctors on his deathbed?

5. What was Proust's mother like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Proust see the purpose of great writer's is?

2. What does De Botton reason the finger placing ability evokes in its readers?

3. How did Proust feel humans would react to having the knowledge of when the end of the world is?

4. Who is Jean-Baptiste Chardin?

5. What is the L'Intransigeant?

6. Discuss the significance of the expectation of imagery in the young boy from Proust's essay.

7. Describe what Proust's writing was infamous for?

8. What question does De Botton wonder about the artist and his work?

9. What was Proust's problem with romance and love?

10. What did Proust feel people should take their time to create?

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