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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 Proust argue people are not doing when they use trite and cliched expressions?
(a) They are uneducated.
(b) They are not being true to themselves.
(c) They are annoying.
(d) They rely on others to communicate.

2. What did Proust believe art's judgment should not be affected by?
(a) The quality.
(b) The inspiration.
(c) The artist.
(d) The title.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Proust when his attacks began?

2. What does De Botton claim humans are most dedicated to at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

3. How did Proust feel everyone should view the world?

4. What was Proust's father in particularly concerned with?

5. Who is Marquis de Lau?

(see the answer key)

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