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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) A column for gardening.
(b) A column that polled celebrities.
(c) A column for obituaries.
(d) A column that interviewed politicians.

2. According to the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel" what did Proust hate?
(a) Art.
(b) Writing.
(c) Museum crowds.
(d) People.

3. What did Proust refuse from the doctors on his deathbed?
(a) Being seen by one.
(b) To talk to them.
(c) Diagnosis.
(d) Medication.

4. Which of the following did Proust NOT argue people should act around our friends?
(a) Affectionate.
(b) Dependent.
(c) Superficial
(d) Warm.

5. What was the name of Proust's friend in which he wrote a mean and berating letter that he never sent and another full of praise that he did send?
(a) Fernand Gregh.
(b) Ferdinand Gregh.
(c) Greg Ferns.
(d) Gregory Fernand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was a brief bulletin written about a boy Proust knew murdering his mother?

3. Who wrote the "Lover and the Doctor"?

4. What is the finger placing ability, according to De Botton?

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

(see the answer key)

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