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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Proust tell that he wanted his book to do for people what his father did for people?
(a) His maid.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His doctor.
(d) His sister.

2. What does Proust's description of the Duchesse de Guermantes reminds De Botton of?
(a) His step mother.
(b) His ex girlfriend.
(c) The step mother of an ex girlfriend.
(d) His sister.

3. What would Proust write to his mother and tell her about?
(a) His latest girlfriend.
(b) His last writing.
(c) The quality of his stool.
(d) His most recent friendship.

4. How old was Proust when he died?
(a) 53 years old.
(b) 41 years old.
(c) 51 years old.
(d) 65 years old.

5. What does abbreviation not do justice for?
(a) The course of human interactions.
(b) The course of human relationships.
(c) The course of human emotions.
(d) The course of human events.

6. What was the title of Proust's father's most successful book?
(a) "Elements to Good Health".
(b) "Hygiene Premises".
(c) "Promotions to Hygiene".
(d) "Elements of Hygiene".

7. What did Proust refuse from the doctors on his deathbed?
(a) To talk to them.
(b) Diagnosis.
(c) Being seen by one.
(d) Medication.

8. Who was Proust's father's best selling book written for?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Teenage girls.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Teenage boys.

9. Where does Proust suggest people would travel to in his response to the newspaper's poll?
(a) The Louvre and Rome.
(b) India and China.
(c) China and the Louvre.
(d) The Louvre and India.

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

11. What does Proust urge his readers to focus on?
(a) The past.
(b) The present.
(c) The future.
(d) History.

12. What did Proust explain after the article was written about the young boy who murdered his mom.
(a) Henry's state of mind.
(b) Henri's cause of death.
(c) Henri's state of mind.
(d) Henry's cause of death.

13. What was Proust rarely exposed to?
(a) People.
(b) Fresh air.
(c) Public places.
(d) Women.

14. What did Proust's mother's actions cause Proust to do?
(a) Be insecure.
(b) Be clingy and helpless.
(c) Be annoying.
(d) Be loving.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the examination of merits of art include in its survey?

2. How many meals a day did Proust have?

3. How long is one sentence of Proust's in "In Search of Lost Time"?

4. What does Proust believe a life examined is?

5. Who is Marcel Proust?

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