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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Proust begin to work on his masterpiece?
(a) When his mom died.
(b) After he quit working at the library.
(c) When his dad died.
(d) After both of his parents died.

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

3. Who is Gilberte?
(a) Proust's girlfriend.
(b) The woman the narrator in "In Search of Lost Time" becomes enamored with.
(c) De Botton's girlfriend.
(d) Proust's sister.

4. According to the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel" what did Proust hate?
(a) Museum crowds.
(b) Art.
(c) People.
(d) Writing.

5. In what year did Proust's father die?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1904.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reality of people's life often not match in the perception of their life?

2. What should love always involve according to Proust?

3. What was the newspaper's popular column at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

4. What did Proust believe was far inferior to writing?

5. What would Proust write to his mother and tell her about?

(see the answer key)

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