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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Proust's father in particularly concerned with?
(a) Public broadcasting.
(b) Public sanitation.
(c) Public learning.
(d) Public intellect.

2. What was the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) A column for gardening.
(b) A column for obituaries.
(c) A column that interviewed politicians.
(d) A column that polled celebrities.

3. When was Proust's father's best selling book published?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1900.

4. How does De Botton believe Proust felt about his father?
(a) He was inspiring.
(b) He was intimidated.
(c) He was smart.
(d) He was motivating.

5. What was the title of Proust's novel that gave him international acclaim?
(a) "In Search of Lost Time".
(b) "Searching for Time".
(c) "In Search".
(d) "In Lost Time".

Short Answer Questions

1. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

2. What does De Botton suggest about human social life?

3. How long is one sentence of Proust's in "In Search of Lost Time"?

4. What did Proust's grandfather do?

5. What does De Botton suggest about human bodies?

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