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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Proust repress in his life?
(a) Travels.
(b) Companionship.
(c) Intimate desire.
(d) Sexual desire.

2. What was Proust's mother like?
(a) Protective.
(b) Funny.
(c) Absent.
(d) Overbearing.

3. What does abbreviation not do justice for?
(a) The course of human events.
(b) The course of human emotions.
(c) The course of human relationships.
(d) The course of human interactions.

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

5. When was a brief bulletin written about a boy Proust knew murdering his mother?
(a) February 1907.
(b) January 1907.
(c) January 1909.
(d) January 1917.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books did Proust's father publish?

2. How did Proust act when he was around different types of people?

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

4. What did Proust compare the moon to in one of his famous metaphors?

5. Who is Proust's impressionist-like painter among his characters in "In Search of Lost Time"?

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