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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What list does Proust develop at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A list of benefits of MLB.
(b) A list of benefits for reading.
(c) A list of benefits for writing.
(d) A list of benefits of MLP.

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

3. What was Proust's father's name?
(a) Dr. Adrien Proust.
(b) Dr. Adrian E. Prouste.
(c) Dr. A. A. Proust.
(d) Mr. Adrien Proust.

4. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) There are plenty of things humans should be happy about.
(b) Lust isthe driving force between all people.
(c) There are plenty of things humans should be unhappy about.
(d) Love is the driving force between all people.

5. What were Proust's main passions?
(a) Literature and writing.
(b) Reading and analyzing.
(c) Law and medicine.
(d) Writing and reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Proust's mother like?

2. How was Proust's personal life at odds with the answer he gave to the newspaper's question?

3. Who is Kate?

4. How old was Proust when his attacks began?

5. What is an artist's role in the judgment of art?

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