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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Proust believe a life examined is?
(a) A life worthless.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) Essential to everyone.
(d) A life well lived.

3. What does De Botton suggest about human social life?
(a) It is insincere.
(b) It is necessary.
(c) It is unnecessary.
(d) It is sincere.

4. Who was Proust's father's best selling book written for?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Teenage girls.
(d) Teenage boys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Pensees written?

2. What does De Botton coin the term of reader's seeing themselves in works of fiction as?

3. What was the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

4. What is the finger placing ability, according to De Botton?

5. When was Proust's father's best selling book published?

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