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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Proust begin to work on his masterpiece?
(a) When his mom died.
(b) After both of his parents died.
(c) After he quit working at the library.
(d) When his dad died.

2. Which of the following did Proust NOT say about friendship?
(a) It was a foolish sacrifice.
(b) It was needed.
(c) It was a farce.
(d) It was a lie.

3. What does Proust claim humans too often get upset at unnecessarily?
(a) The way they feel about their life.
(b) The image of their life.
(c) Their life's expectations.
(d) Their overall desires.

4. How did Proust act when he was around different types of people?
(a) Exuberantly.
(b) The same at all times.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Different according to whom he was with.

5. What question did the newspaper ask its readers that De Botton analyzes?
(a) How people would react to knowing when the end of the world will happen.
(b) How people would react if they saw their family killed.
(c) How people would react if everyone saw a thearapist
(d) How people would react when the third world war begins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Proust respond to the Impressionist art movement?

2. How did Proust not practice what he preached in the message of "In Search of Lost Time"?

3. What did Proust see in his friends?

4. What was Proust's mother like?

5. What did Proust's grandfather do?

(see the answer key)

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