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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many meals a day did Proust have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4 small ones.
(d) 2.

2. What did Proust say about people when they used tried sayings?
(a) They lack creativity and authenticity.
(b) They are plagiarizing.
(c) They are "superficial articulations" of ideas and experiences.
(d) They are lazy.

3. What year was Pensees written?
(a) 1625.
(b) 1624.
(c) 1626.
(d) 1623.

4. What does the final chapter of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel" deal with?
(a) Love.
(b) The theory of reading.
(c) Frienship.
(d) Life.

5. How did Proust feel when people used trite and cliched expressions?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angered.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Proust's father's best selling book written for?

3. Which of the following did Proust NOT argue people should act around our friends?

4. What did Proust write in response to Ruskin's death?

5. What does De Botton claim humans are most dedicated to at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

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