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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Proust reason jealousy sparks within a relationship?
(a) Renewed feelinsg of romance.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Resentment.

2. Why would Proust sometimes examine a mundane train timetable?
(a) To go crosseyed.
(b) To keep his brain active.
(c) To keep learning.
(d) To fall asleep.

3. Where did Proust's father take Proust when he was a child?
(a) A brothel.
(b) A football game.
(c) A carnival.
(d) A museum.

4. What question does De Botton ask after he discusses Proust's father's work?
(a) "To Read or Not to Read"?
(b) "If We Should Read"?
(c) "How Should We Read"?
(d) "What are the benefits of reading"?

5. How many months later did Proust die after responding to the newspaper's poll?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 4 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Proust's impressionist-like painter among his characters in "In Search of Lost Time"?

2. What does De Botton suggest about human bodies?

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

4. What does abbreviation not do justice for?

5. Who does De Botton wonder can be separated from his or her work in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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