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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In his self-reflection, Breton argued, he could point out the most significant and trivial details of his life and link them to the importance of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Desire.
(c) Fate.
(d) Chance.
2. When was the first postscript of Section 3 written?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1936.
3. What French aristocrat and author from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century is known for his erotic and blasphemous novels, many of which were written while he was imprisoned?
(a) Andre Breton.
(b) Charles Baudelaire.
(c) Antonin Artaud.
(d) Marquis de Sade.
4. What is the second of the two essential questions posed by Breton in Section 2?
(a) "What do you want the most out of life?"
(b) "To what extent did this encounter seem to you, and, does it seem to you now, to be fortuitous or foreordained?"
(c) "What do you consider the essential encounter of your life?"
(d) "What is the meaning of life?"
5. What refers to everyday items that can be transformed into art objects or reinterpreted as objects outside their intended utilitarian purpose?
(a) Art items.
(b) Catalyst items.
(c) Found items.
(d) Creative items.
Short Answer Questions
1. Breton stated, in the first postscript of Section 3, that he had repressed the connection between the spoon and the what?
2. In Section 3, Breton contrasts the sexual instinct with the ____ instinct as he describes how, unbeknown to him, two people had perused the same objects at the flea market, one of whom was a former lover of Breton's.
3. What was the first object found by Breton and his friend in the flea market in Section 3?
4. In reviewing his poem, "Sunflower," Breton wrote, "Today I am unhesitatingly convinced of its profound ____."
5. Section 3 begins by invoking one of the cornerstones of the avant-garde, referred to as what?
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