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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Proust explain after the article was written about the young boy who murdered his mom.
(a) Henry's cause of death.
(b) Henri's state of mind.
(c) Henri's cause of death.
(d) Henry's state of mind.

2. According to the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel" what did Proust hate?
(a) People.
(b) Art.
(c) Museum crowds.
(d) Writing.

3. What does Proust desire his reader to not do?
(a) Read for experience.
(b) Love from experience.
(c) Love from words.
(d) Let life pass them by too quickly.

4. How old was Proust when he died?
(a) 53 years old.
(b) 41 years old.
(c) 51 years old.
(d) 65 years old.

5. How long is one sentence of Proust's in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) 3 meters.
(b) 4 and a half meters.
(c) 4 meters.
(d) 5 meters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Proust respond to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?

2. Who wrote Pensees?

3. What does Proust urge his readers to focus on?

4. Who was the artist of Old Man and the Boy?

5. How did Proust feel in response to the article about the boy murdering his mother?

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