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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is one sentence of Proust's in "In Search of Lost Time"?
(a) 5 meters.
(b) 3 meters.
(c) 4 and a half meters.
(d) 4 meters.

2. What would Proust probe the train timetable for?
(a) Meaning.
(b) Values.
(c) Meaning and value.
(d) Stories and value.

3. How many months later did Proust die after responding to the newspaper's poll?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 7 months.

4. What was the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?
(a) A column for obituaries.
(b) A column that interviewed politicians.
(c) A column for gardening.
(d) A column that polled celebrities.

5. What does Proust's comparison of the moon show in comparison to the the author of "The Lover and the Doctor"?
(a) Proust's is more lengthy and descriptive.
(b) Proust's is less vivid.
(c) Proust's is a more genuine expression.
(d) They are the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pensees?

2. What did Proust compare the moon to in one of his famous metaphors?

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

4. How did Proust feel in response to the article about the boy murdering his mother?

5. What does Proust's description of the Duchesse de Guermantes reminds De Botton of?

(see the answer key)

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