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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Proust's mother's actions cause Proust to do?
(a) Be annoying.
(b) Be clingy and helpless.
(c) Be insecure.
(d) Be loving.

2. What does Proust desire his reader to not do?
(a) Love from experience.
(b) Love from words.
(c) Let life pass them by too quickly.
(d) Read for experience.

3. What would Proust probe the train timetable for?
(a) Stories and value.
(b) Values.
(c) Meaning and value.
(d) Meaning.

4. Who is Marquis de Lau?
(a) A friend of Proust's.
(b) A well known figure in Paris.
(c) A well known figure in Rome.
(d) A well known figure in Spain.

5. What was Proust's mother like?
(a) Protective.
(b) Absent.
(c) Funny.
(d) Overbearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust do in response to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?

2. What was Proust allergic to?

3. What was the title of Proust's novel that gave him international acclaim?

4. What does Proust's description of the Duchesse de Guermantes reminds De Botton of?

5. What is Proust legendary for?

(see the answer key)

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