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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 the young man who murdered his mother named?
(a) Henri van Blarenberge.
(b) Henry von Blarenberg.
(c) Henri van Schlotter.
(d) Henry von Schlotter.

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

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

4. Where did Proust's father take Proust when he was a child?
(a) A football game.
(b) A museum.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A carnival.

5. What game did one person claim they would play in response to the newspaper's question?
(a) Golf.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Soccer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Proust's personal life at odds with the answer he gave to the newspaper's question?

2. What was Proust's view towards romance like?

3. What did Proust repress in his life?

4. What does Proust claim humans too often get upset at unnecessarily?

5. What did Proust give as an example of people becoming unsatisfied at something they grew used to?

(see the answer key)

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