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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many years was Proust a librarian for Mazarine library?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

4. What did Proust believe art's judgment should not be affected by?
(a) The title.
(b) The quality.
(c) The inspiration.
(d) The artist.

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

6. How did Proust feel in response to the article about the boy murdering his mother?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Sick.
(c) Disturbed.
(d) Unaffected.

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

8. What question does De Botton ask after he discusses Proust's father's work?
(a) "What are the benefits of reading"?
(b) "How Should We Read"?
(c) "If We Should Read"?
(d) "To Read or Not to Read"?

9. Who is Kate?
(a) Proust's girlfriend.
(b) De Botton's girlfriend.
(c) Proust's mother.
(d) De Botton's sister.

10. What was Proust allergic to?
(a) Cologne and soap.
(b) Soap.
(c) Soap and shaving cream.
(d) Cologne.

11. Who is Marquis de Lau?
(a) A well known figure in Rome.
(b) A well known figure in Spain.
(c) A friend of Proust's.
(d) A well known figure in Paris.

12. What year did Proust write his novel that gave him international acclaim?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1919.

13. Why would Proust sometimes examine a mundane train timetable?
(a) To fall asleep.
(b) To go crosseyed.
(c) To keep his brain active.
(d) To keep learning.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Proust believe a life examined is?

2. What list does Proust develop at the end of Chapter 2?

3. What was Proust's father in particularly concerned with?

4. What does Proust desire his reader to not do?

5. What did Proust die from?

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