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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 Proust's description of the Duchesse de Guermantes reminds De Botton of?
(a) His ex girlfriend.
(b) His sister.
(c) His step mother.
(d) The step mother of an ex girlfriend.

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

3. What was the young man who murdered his mother named?
(a) Henry von Schlotter.
(b) Henry von Blarenberg.
(c) Henri van Blarenberge.
(d) Henri van Schlotter.

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

5. What list does Proust develop at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A list of benefits for reading.
(b) A list of benefits of MLB.
(c) A list of benefits of MLP.
(d) A list of benefits for writing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In response to the newspaper's poll, what did one person think would happen to people's inhibitions?

3. What was Proust's father in particularly concerned with?

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

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

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