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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was Pensees written?
(a) 1623.
(b) 1625.
(c) 1624.
(d) 1626.

2. How many books did Proust's father publish?
(a) 34.
(b) 32.
(c) 43.
(d) 35.

3. Who does De Botton wonder can be separated from his or her work in Chapter 4?
(a) Singers.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Writers.
(d) Artists.

4. What game did one person claim they would play in response to the newspaper's question?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Golf.
(d) Croquet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust die from?

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

3. What city's newspaper does De Botton analyze at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

4. Who is Albertine?

5. What would Proust probe the train timetable for?

(see the answer key)

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