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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ferdinand Gregh.
(b) Fernand Gregh.
(c) Gregory Fernand.
(d) Greg Ferns.

2. What was Proust's response to the newspaper's poll?
(a) That knowledge of imminent death would cause humans to apprciate life more fully.
(b) That people's social inhibitions would fall away.
(c) That people would go into mass panic.
(d) That people would begin to mend and repair estranged relationships.

3. What should lovers take great pains in doing according to Proust?
(a) Having special nights.
(b) Remembeirng the good times.
(c) Discovering new things about their partners.
(d) Making each other feel supported.

4. Who did Proust tell that he wanted his book to do for people what his father did for people?
(a) His doctor.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His sister.
(d) His maid.

5. Who wrote the "Lover and the Doctor"?
(a) Marquis de Lau.
(b) Henri van Blarenberg.
(c) Proust.
(d) Gabriel de La Rochefoucald.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Proust's father's name?

2. Who is the unhappy young boy a reflection of in "In Search of Lost Time"?

3. What does De Botton say to suggest it makes sense for De Botton to become an author?

4. According to Proust, what should exist when a lover is being obtained?

5. Where did Proust's father take Proust when he was a child?

(see the answer key)

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