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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Impressionist artist does De Botton mention?
(a) Pablo Picasso.
(b) Degas.
(c) Claude de Monet.
(d) Henry Matisse.

2. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) Love is the driving force between all people.
(b) Lust isthe driving force between all people.
(c) There are plenty of things humans should be unhappy about.
(d) There are plenty of things humans should be happy about.

3. How would great stories of literature become boring?
(a) If they did not include romance.
(b) If they did not include violence.
(c) If they omitted details and left only facts.
(d) If they were reduced to one sentence sound bites.

4. How many volumes was "In Search of Lost Time" intended to be?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. What should love always involve according to Proust?
(a) A fulfillment.
(b) A support.
(c) A need.
(d) A pursuit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "La Flagorneur" mean in English?

2. Who wrote Pensees?

3. What are great author's able to do according to Proust?

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

5. What type of physical attacks did Proust have growing up?

(see the answer key)

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