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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years had it been since Proust visited the Louvre when he responded to the newspaper's poll?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) He had never been.
(d) 5 years.

2. What did Proust have a fear of?
(a) Flying.
(b) Mice and cheese.
(c) Heights and falling.
(d) Mice and heights.

3. Why did Proust respond to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?
(a) To give the boy some reasoning for his actions.
(b) To release his own emotions.
(c) To tell the entire story.
(d) To refute the brevity of the first article.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Proust feel in response to the article about the boy murdering his mother?

2. How old was Proust when he died?

3. What was Proust's life filled with?

4. What was Proust's father's name?

5. At the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel" what was the title of the newspaper De Botton analyzes?

(see the answer key)

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