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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 Proust allergic to?
(a) Soap and shaving cream.
(b) Soap.
(c) Cologne.
(d) Cologne and soap.

2. In what year did did Proust write the essay about the unsatisfied little boy?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1899.

3. What does De Botton say to suggest it makes sense for De Botton to become an author?
(a) He was an English teacher.
(b) His family was full of writers.
(c) He loved books.
(d) He loved to read.

4. What city's newspaper does De Botton analyze at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) London.
(b) Milan.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many meals a day did Proust have?

2. What did Proust feel people should take the time to create?

3. Why is the narrator upset about the way the beach house is in Proust's story?

4. Who is Gilberte?

5. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

(see the answer key)

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