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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 suggest about human bodies?
(a) They lack security.
(b) Humans become unhappy as our bodies go frail.
(c) They are ugly.
(d) They are insufficient.

2. What does De Botton say to suggest it makes sense for De Botton to become an author?
(a) He loved to read.
(b) He was an English teacher.
(c) He loved books.
(d) His family was full of writers.

3. Who did Proust tell that he wanted his book to do for people what his father did for people?
(a) His sister.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His doctor.
(d) His maid.

4. In what year did Proust's father die?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1906.

5. What was Proust's father's name?
(a) Dr. Adrian E. Prouste.
(b) Mr. Adrien Proust.
(c) Dr. Adrien Proust.
(d) Dr. A. A. Proust.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following people were not mentioned to have responded to the newspaper's poll?

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

4. Who is Kate?

5. Who is Marquis de Lau?

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