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

2. What does Proust desire his reader to not do?
(a) Read for experience.
(b) Let life pass them by too quickly.
(c) Love from words.
(d) Love from experience.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Proust feel in response to the article about the boy murdering his mother?

2. What was the title of Proust's novel that gave him international acclaim?

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

4. What is Pensees?

5. What did Proust have a fear of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the distinction between actual life and the "image" of life.

2. What was Proust's father like?

3. Discuss what question De Botton details that the L'Intransigeant asked in one of its polls?

4. What did Proust argue was most couple's problem falling out of love?

5. What did Proust see the purpose of great writer's is?

6. What was Proust's problem and difficulty with friendship?

7. Why was it fitting that Proust became a writer?

8. Describe some of the benefits of MLP.

9. What question does De Botton wonder about the artist and his work?

10. Describe how Proust ultimately released the way he truly felt about his friends.

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