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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Proust considered to be in the 1920s?
(a) He was an aspiring lawyer.
(b) He was an aspiring author.
(c) A great author.
(d) A bonafide celebrity.

2. What is the finger placing ability, according to De Botton?
(a) An increase in our own perceptive powers to discover something in us from our reading.
(b) The ability to point in any direction and find comfort in it.
(c) Being able to locate where you know something or someone.
(d) The ability to understand the power of knowledge.

3. How old was Proust when he died?
(a) 41 years old.
(b) 53 years old.
(c) 65 years old.
(d) 51 years old.

4. How many years had it been since Proust visited the Louvre when he responded to the newspaper's poll?
(a) 10 years.
(b) He had never been.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. What did Proust die from?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A cold.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A headache.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many months later did Proust die after responding to the newspaper's poll?

2. Who was Proust's father's best selling book written for?

3. What does Proust's description of the Duchesse de Guermantes reminds De Botton of?

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

5. Who was the artist of Old Man and the Boy?

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