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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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."
(a) Poem.
(b) Gun.
(c) Thin blade.
(d) Thin paper.

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

3. What fragmented phrase had Breton thought of months earlier, which resurfaced after the flea market in Section 3?
(a) Cinderella ashtray.
(b) Hanzel and Gretel ashtray.
(c) Rapunzel hairbrush.
(d) Cinderella shoe-strap.

4. What kind of brooch was the waitress in the diner wearing, as described by Breton in Section 1?
(a) Crystal.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Moonstone.
(d) Diamond.

5. Breton regretted, in Section 4, that he no longer had the _____ of "Sunflower."
(a) Last adaptation.
(b) Second version.
(c) Third version.
(d) Original manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to that of high moral, aesthetic, intellectual, or spiritual value; noble; exalted?

2. What French Poet's last major work, Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard ('A roll of the dice will never abolish chance'), was published in 1897?

3. What did Breton write that he considered "temptation" to be?

4. What comprises that organized part of the personality structure that criticizes and prohibits his or her drives, fantasies, feelings, and actions?

5. Which component of Freud's psychological model acts according to the "pleasure principle", seeking to avoid pain or displeasure aroused by increases in instinctual tension?

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