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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the finger placing ability, according to De Botton?
(a) The ability to point in any direction and find comfort in it.
(b) The ability to understand the power of knowledge.
(c) Being able to locate where you know something or someone.
(d) An increase in our own perceptive powers to discover something in us from our reading.

2. What did Proust believe art's judgment should not be affected by?
(a) The quality.
(b) The inspiration.
(c) The title.
(d) The artist.

3. What did Proust say about people when they used tried sayings?
(a) They lack creativity and authenticity.
(b) They are "superficial articulations" of ideas and experiences.
(c) They are plagiarizing.
(d) They are lazy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does De Botton wonder can be separated from his or her work in Chapter 4?

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

3. What was Proust's life filled with?

4. What does "La Flagorneur" mean in English?

5. What was Proust's perception of his own sexuality?

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