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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Proust's father's best selling book published?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1901.

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

4. How was Proust's personal life at odds with the answer he gave to the newspaper's question?
(a) He never fell in love.
(b) He never traveled to India.
(c) He was a recluse himself.
(d) He never went to the Louvre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Proust's father die?

2. What was the title of Proust's father's most successful book?

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

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

5. What is the finger placing ability, according to De Botton?

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