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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 reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) Lust isthe driving force between all people.
(b) Love is the driving force between all people.
(c) There are plenty of things humans should be unhappy about.
(d) There are plenty of things humans should be happy about.

2. What was Proust's response to the newspaper's poll?
(a) That people's social inhibitions would fall away.
(b) That knowledge of imminent death would cause humans to apprciate life more fully.
(c) That people would begin to mend and repair estranged relationships.
(d) That people would go into mass panic.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Proust's father's occupation?

4. How was Proust's personal life at odds with the answer he gave to the newspaper's question?

5. What year did Proust write his novel that gave him international acclaim?

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