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

2. Who is Marcel Proust?
(a) An politician.
(b) The subject of De Botton's book.
(c) A singer.
(d) A historian.

3. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) There are plenty of things humans should be happy about.
(b) Lust isthe driving force between all people.
(c) Love is the driving force between all people.
(d) There are plenty of things humans should be unhappy about.

4. What does abbreviation not do justice for?
(a) The course of human relationships.
(b) The course of human emotions.
(c) The course of human interactions.
(d) The course of human events.

5. What was Proust considered to be in the 1920s?
(a) A great author.
(b) He was an aspiring author.
(c) A bonafide celebrity.
(d) He was an aspiring lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people were not mentioned to have responded to the newspaper's poll?

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

3. Who did Proust tell that he wanted his book to do for people what his father did for people?

4. How many years was Proust a librarian for Mazarine library?

5. What were Proust's main passions?

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