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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does De Botton suggest about human bodies?
(a) They are insufficient.
(b) They are ugly.
(c) They lack security.
(d) Humans become unhappy as our bodies go frail.

2. How many books did Proust's father publish?
(a) 35.
(b) 43.
(c) 32.
(d) 34.

3. What would Proust probe the train timetable for?
(a) Values.
(b) Meaning and value.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Stories and value.

4. How did Proust feel when people used trite and cliched expressions?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Happy.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Angered.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust believe art's judgment should not be affected by?

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

3. How old was Proust when he died?

4. Who is Albertine?

5. How many meals a day did Proust have?

(see the answer key)

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