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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does De Botton wonder can be separated from his or her work in Chapter 4?
(a) Singers.
(b) Artists.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Writers.

2. What was Proust's view towards romance like?
(a) Pessimistic.
(b) Outgoing.
(c) Opitimistic.
(d) Negative.

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

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

5. How old was Proust when his attacks began?
(a) 9 years old.
(b) 11 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 10 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Proust allergic to?

2. What year was Pensees written?

3. What does De Botton reason at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

4. What was Proust's response to the newspaper's poll?

5. What game did one person claim they would play in response to the newspaper's question?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Virginia Woolf's difficulty with writing.

2. Describe how Proust felt when people used trite and cliched expressions.

3. Who is John Ruskin?

4. What does Proust suggest his reader's to use books as?

5. What was Proust's father like?

6. Describe what Proust's writing was infamous for?

7. What did Proust feel people should take their time to create?

8. Describe how Proust's friends think of him according to the quotes in Chapter 6.

9. Who is Jean-Baptiste Chardin?

10. Describe Proust's childhood experience at the brothel.

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