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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Marcel Proust?
(a) A historian.
(b) An politician.
(c) A singer.
(d) The subject of De Botton's book.

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

4. When did Proust begin to work on his masterpiece?
(a) When his dad died.
(b) After he quit working at the library.
(c) After both of his parents died.
(d) When his mom died.

5. 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) 5 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does De Botton suggest about human social life?

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

3. What was Proust considered to be in the 1920s?

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

5. What did Proust refuse from the doctors on his deathbed?

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