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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) Love is the driving force between all people.
(b) There are plenty of things humans should be happy about.
(c) There are plenty of things humans should be unhappy about.
(d) Lust isthe driving force between all people.

3. What was the name of the comedy troupe that aimed to find the most succinct summary of Proust's work?
(a) Monty Python.
(b) Money Pyton.
(c) Montey P.
(d) Ponty Mython.

4. What city's newspaper does De Botton analyze at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) Milan.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

5. In response to the newspaper's poll, what did one person think would happen to people's inhibitions?
(a) People would become less inhibited.
(b) All social inhibitions would utterly fall away.
(c) People would become more inhibited.
(d) Nothing was said about social inhibitions in this text.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Proust's personal life at odds with the answer he gave to the newspaper's question?

3. How old was Proust when he died?

4. What is Pensees?

5. Who is Marquis de Lau?

(see the answer key)

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