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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the young man who murdered his mother named?
(a) Henri van Blarenberge.
(b) Henri van Schlotter.
(c) Henry von Schlotter.
(d) Henry von Blarenberg.

2. In response to the newspaper's poll, what did one person think would happen to people's inhibitions?
(a) Nothing was said about social inhibitions in this text.
(b) People would become more inhibited.
(c) All social inhibitions would utterly fall away.
(d) People would become less inhibited.

3. What does the examination of merits of art include in its survey?
(a) The inspiration.
(b) The title of the art.
(c) The artist's bipography.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. What was Proust's perception of his own sexuality?
(a) He was narcissistic.
(b) He self loathed.
(c) He was numb to himself.
(d) He self loved.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

3. How old was Proust when he died?

4. What was Proust's mother like?

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

(see the answer key)

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