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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does De Botton coin the term of reader's seeing themselves in works of fiction as?
(a) MLB.
(b) The Marquis de Lau Phenomenon.
(c) The self Marquis scene.
(d) MFP.

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

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

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

5. What was Proust's father's occupation?
(a) He was a teacher.
(b) He was a writer.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Proust's main passions?

2. What was the title of Proust's novel that gave him international acclaim?

3. What did Proust's grandfather do?

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

5. In what year did Proust's father die?

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