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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does De Botton coin the term of reader's seeing themselves in works of fiction as?
(a) MFP.
(b) MLB.
(c) The self Marquis scene.
(d) The Marquis de Lau Phenomenon.

2. Who is Albertine?
(a) Proust's girlfriend.
(b) Proust's sister.
(c) Proust's mother.
(d) A character in Proust's book.

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

4. How many years was Proust a librarian for Mazarine library?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

2. What were Proust's main passions?

3. What does Proust believe a life examined is?

4. What was Proust's response to the newspaper's poll?

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

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