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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would Proust sometimes examine a mundane train timetable?
(a) To keep learning.
(b) To fall asleep.
(c) To go crosseyed.
(d) To keep his brain active.

2. When was Proust's father's best selling book published?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1901.

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

4. What does De Botton claim humans are most dedicated to at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) Unhappiness.
(b) Love.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Happiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Proust's main passions?

2. Why did Proust respond to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?

3. What did Proust have a fear of?

4. Who does De Botton wonder can be separated from his or her work in Chapter 4?

5. What is an artist's role in the judgment of art?

(see the answer key)

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