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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 sister.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His maid.

2. Why did Proust respond to the newspaper article about the young boy who murdered his mom?
(a) To give the boy some reasoning for his actions.
(b) To release his own emotions.
(c) To tell the entire story.
(d) To refute the brevity of the first article.

3. What was Proust's life filled with?
(a) Missteps in physicality and psychology.
(b) Missteps in physicality.
(c) Missteps in intellect.
(d) Missteps in his upbringing.

4. When was Proust's father's best selling book published?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1900.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Proust believe art's judgment should not be affected by?

3. What city's newspaper does De Botton analyze at the beginning of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

4. Who is Marquis de Lau?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Proust's sexuality like?

2. How did Proust's lifestyle contradict his prompts to his readers?

3. Who is Henri van Blarenberghe?

4. Who is Jean-Baptiste Chardin?

5. How did Proust's opinion about knowledge of the end of the world contradict his own way of living?

6. How did Proust feel humans would react to having the knowledge of when the end of the world is?

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

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

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

10. Describe the subject of "How Proust Can Change Your Life ; Not a Novel"?

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