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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many months later did Proust die after responding to the newspaper's poll?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 7 months.

2. What question does De Botton ask after he discusses Proust's father's work?
(a) "To Read or Not to Read"?
(b) "If We Should Read"?
(c) "What are the benefits of reading"?
(d) "How Should We Read"?

3. How long is one sentence of Proust's in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) 4 meters.
(b) 4 and a half meters.
(c) 3 meters.
(d) 5 meters.

4. Who wrote Pensees?
(a) Blois Pasture.
(b) Blaze Pascal.
(c) Pascal Blay.
(d) Blaise Pascal.

5. Who is Kate?
(a) Proust's girlfriend.
(b) De Botton's sister.
(c) Proust's mother.
(d) De Botton's girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would great stories of literature become boring?

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

3. Who is Albertine?

4. In response to the newspaper's poll, what did one person think would happen to people's inhibitions?

5. Who is Marquis de Lau?

(see the answer key)

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