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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Proust's father die?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1908.

2. Who was the artist of Old Man and the Boy?
(a) Garland Domenion.
(b) Ghirlandiouso.
(c) Domenico Ghirlandio.
(d) Domnico Ghirland.

3. How does De Botton believe Proust felt about his father?
(a) He was inspiring.
(b) He was intimidated.
(c) He was smart.
(d) He was motivating.

4. 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 point in any direction and find comfort in it.
(c) Being able to locate where you know something or someone.
(d) The ability to understand the power of knowledge.

5. When was a brief bulletin written about a boy Proust knew murdering his mother?
(a) February 1907.
(b) January 1917.
(c) January 1909.
(d) January 1907.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

2. What was Proust's perception of his own sexuality?

3. What does De Botton coin the term of reader's seeing themselves in works of fiction as?

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

5. Who was Proust's father's best selling book written for?

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