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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) The quality of his stool.
(b) His most recent friendship.
(c) His latest girlfriend.
(d) His last writing.

2. When did Proust begin to work on his masterpiece?
(a) When his mom died.
(b) When his dad died.
(c) After he quit working at the library.
(d) After both of his parents died.

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

4. How did Proust's friends react to Proust's relationship with his mother?
(a) They were bothered.
(b) They were annoyed.
(c) They did not care.
(d) They were uncomfortable.

5. What is the finger placing ability, according to De Botton?
(a) An increase in our own perceptive powers to discover something in us from our reading.
(b) The ability to understand the power of knowledge.
(c) Being able to locate where you know something or someone.
(d) The ability to point in any direction and find comfort in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust do in response to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?

2. What was Proust rarely exposed to?

3. What year did Proust write his novel that gave him international acclaim?

4. What did Proust repress in his life?

5. What question did the newspaper ask its readers that De Botton analyzes?

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