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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Proust suggest people would travel to in his response to the newspaper's poll?
(a) The Louvre and Rome.
(b) India and China.
(c) China and the Louvre.
(d) The Louvre and India.

2. What did Proust believe about people when they were with their friends?
(a) They were not themselves.
(b) They were pretending.
(c) They felt support.
(d) They were honest.

3. What did Proust's grandfather do?
(a) Practiced law.
(b) Manufactured wax candles.
(c) Taught history.
(d) Practiced medicine.

4. What did Proust strive to find within his writing?
(a) The most perfect means of expression.
(b) The most perfect storytelling.
(c) The most perfect means of communication.
(d) The most perfect writing.

5. How did Proust act with his friends?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Passively and with inferiority.
(c) Generously and like a "people pleaser".
(d) He had no friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the frequent problem with love according to Proust?

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

3. What was Proust's perception of his own sexuality?

4. How does De Botton believe Proust felt about his father?

5. What did Proust see in his friends?

(see the answer key)

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