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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Impressionist artist does De Botton mention?
(a) Henry Matisse.
(b) Claude de Monet.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Degas.

2. What was the young man who murdered his mother named?
(a) Henry von Blarenberg.
(b) Henri van Schlotter.
(c) Henry von Schlotter.
(d) Henri van Blarenberge.

3. What would Proust write to his mother and tell her about?
(a) His last writing.
(b) The quality of his stool.
(c) His most recent friendship.
(d) His latest girlfriend.

4. What is an artist's role in the judgment of art?
(a) To remain objective.
(b) He or she is important.
(c) He or she is unimportant.
(d) To remain subjective.

5. What did Proust refuse from the doctors on his deathbed?
(a) To talk to them.
(b) Diagnosis.
(c) Medication.
(d) Being seen by one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marcel Proust?

2. Which of the following people were not mentioned to have responded to the newspaper's poll?

3. What was Proust's life filled with?

4. What game did one person claim they would play in response to the newspaper's question?

5. What was Proust rarely exposed to?

(see the answer key)

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