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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Proust urge his readers to focus on?
(a) The future.
(b) The past.
(c) History.
(d) The present.

2. What was Proust's father's name?
(a) Dr. Adrien Proust.
(b) Dr. Adrian E. Prouste.
(c) Dr. A. A. Proust.
(d) Mr. Adrien Proust.

3. What does De Botton coin the term of reader's seeing themselves in works of fiction as?
(a) The Marquis de Lau Phenomenon.
(b) MLB.
(c) MFP.
(d) The self Marquis scene.

4. What was Proust's mother like?
(a) Protective.
(b) Absent.
(c) Funny.
(d) Overbearing.

5. Who does De Botton wonder can be separated from his or her work in Chapter 4?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Writers.
(c) Singers.
(d) Artists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust believe about painters?

2. What does De Botton suggest about human social life?

3. How did Proust feel everyone should view the world?

4. What did Proust use to find his power of manipulation?

5. What did Proust say about people when they used tried sayings?

(see the answer key)

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