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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does De Botton coin the term of reader's seeing themselves in works of fiction as?
(a) MLB.
(b) MFP.
(c) The self Marquis scene.
(d) The Marquis de Lau Phenomenon.

2. How many years was Proust a librarian for Mazarine library?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

4. At the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel" what was the title of the newspaper De Botton analyzes?
(a) L'Intransigeant.
(b) Le Chronicle.
(c) Le Monde.
(d) L'Instangeint.

5. What were Proust's main passions?
(a) Reading and analyzing.
(b) Writing and reading.
(c) Law and medicine.
(d) Literature and writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does De Botton say to suggest it makes sense for De Botton to become an author?

2. What city's newspaper does De Botton analyze at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

3. When did Proust begin to work on his masterpiece?

4. Who is Albertine?

5. How many books did Proust's father publish?

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