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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Proust rarely exposed to?
(a) Public places.
(b) Fresh air.
(c) Women.
(d) People.

2. What is Proust legendary for?
(a) His elaborate home.
(b) His elaborate and long descriptions.
(c) His companionship.
(d) His long description of architecture.

3. What was Proust considered to be in the 1920s?
(a) He was an aspiring author.
(b) He was an aspiring lawyer.
(c) A great author.
(d) A bonafide celebrity.

4. Who is Aunt Leonie?
(a) De Botton's aunt.
(b) An author.
(c) Proust's aunt.
(d) One of Proust's characters in "In Search of Lost Time".

5. Who was an editor who also wrote a piece about a composer George Bizet?
(a) Louis Ganderax.
(b) Marquis de Lau.
(c) Proust.
(d) De Botton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust die from?

2. When did Proust begin to work on his masterpiece?

3. What was Proust allergic to?

4. At the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel" what was the title of the newspaper De Botton analyzes?

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

(see the answer key)

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