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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Proust's father in particularly concerned with?
(a) Public sanitation.
(b) Public broadcasting.
(c) Public intellect.
(d) Public learning.

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

3. How many books did Proust's father publish?
(a) 43.
(b) 34.
(c) 35.
(d) 32.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does De Botton ask after he discusses Proust's father's work?

2. What game did one person claim they would play in response to the newspaper's question?

3. Who is Marcel Proust?

4. Who wrote Pensees?

5. What does abbreviation not do justice for?

(see the answer key)

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