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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How would great stories of literature become boring?
(a) If they omitted details and left only facts.
(b) If they did not include romance.
(c) If they did not include violence.
(d) If they were reduced to one sentence sound bites.

4. What is an artist's role in the judgment of art?
(a) He or she is unimportant.
(b) He or she is important.
(c) To remain subjective.
(d) To remain objective.

5. Where does Proust suggest people would travel to in his response to the newspaper's poll?
(a) The Louvre and Rome.
(b) China and the Louvre.
(c) The Louvre and India.
(d) India and China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Proust probe the train timetable for?

2. How old was Proust when he died?

3. What does De Botton claim humans are most dedicated to at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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