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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the dishwasher shout in the diner, as described by Breton in Section 1?
(a) "Poisson soluble."
(b) "L'Ondine!"
(c) "La bouche!"
(d) "S'il Vous Plaît."

2. Breton distinguishes in Section 1 between an object which is wished for and an object which is what?
(a) Dreamed of.
(b) Bought.
(c) Found.
(d) Prayed for.

3. What refers to everyday items that can be transformed into art objects or reinterpreted as objects outside their intended utilitarian purpose?
(a) Catalyst items.
(b) Found items.
(c) Art items.
(d) Creative items.

4. What term refers to a violent agitation or disturbance; commotion?
(a) Expulsion.
(b) Explosion.
(c) Reaction.
(d) Convulsion.

5. What term refers to the state of being mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented?
(a) Mad.
(b) Bothered.
(c) External.
(d) Desirious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of the questions posed by Breton in Section 2?

2. In Section 2, Breton sought to answer how one memory might stand out as being a "sign of the spontaneous, the indeterminate, the unforeseeable or even the _____."

3. When was The Surrealist Manifesto released?

4. What Austrian neurologist founded the psychoanalytic school of psychiatry?

5. Breton writes in Section 1, "In order to have a woman appear, I have seen myself opening a door, shutting it, opening it again -- when I had noticed that it was not enough to slip a ____ into a book chosen at random."

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