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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Proust's friends say about Proust in the quotes De Botton gives?
(a) They give him kind words.
(b) They say he is odd and ill.
(c) The bash him.
(d) They praise him.

3. What did Proust repress in his life?
(a) Travels.
(b) Intimate desire.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Sexual desire.

4. What was Proust's perception of his own sexuality?
(a) He was narcissistic.
(b) He self loathed.
(c) He was numb to himself.
(d) He self loved.

5. What did Proust die from?
(a) A cold.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A headache.
(d) A heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Proust NOT say about friendship?

2. What does Proust's comparison of the moon show in comparison to the the author of "The Lover and the Doctor"?

3. What did Proust strive to find within his writing?

4. What did Proust feel people's dissatisfaction or unhappiness ultimately was?

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

(see the answer key)

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