View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Proust write to his mother and tell her about?
(a) His most recent friendship.
(b) His latest girlfriend.
(c) The quality of his stool.
(d) His last writing.

2. What did Proust do in response to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?
(a) Wrote a 6 page article on the incident.
(b) Wrote a 5 page article on the incident.
(c) Petitioned against snippet articles.
(d) Protested against articles like that.

3. How did Proust feel in response to the article about the boy murdering his mother?
(a) Unaffected.
(b) Disturbed.
(c) Sick.
(d) Depressed.

4. What does Proust believe a life examined is?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) A life well lived.
(c) Essential to everyone.
(d) A life worthless.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does De Botton claim humans are most dedicated to at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

3. What did Proust believe art's judgment should not be affected by?

4. How does De Botton believe Proust felt about his father?

5. What was Proust considered to be in the 1920s?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 252 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample