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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Antonin Artaud.
(b) Charles Baudelaire.
(c) Andre Breton.
(d) Marquis de Sade.

2. What did Breton write that he considered "temptation" to be?
(a) Deadly.
(b) Divine.
(c) Evil.
(d) Dangerous.

3. What term refers to the thoughts and feelings, collectively, of an individual or of an aggregate of people?
(a) Genality.
(b) Ethos.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Unconsciousness.

4. Who published Illuminations in 1874?
(a) Comte de Lautréamont.
(b) Jacques Vaché.
(c) Alfred Jarry.
(d) Arthur Rimbaud.

5. Jacqueline Lamba was which of Andre Breton's wives?
(a) Second.
(b) Third.
(c) Fourth.
(d) First.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the responses of the survey from Section 2 were largely insufficient, there was enough interesting material there that Breton felt what?

2. What refers to a pack of cards (most commonly numbering 78), used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play a group of card games and for divination?

3. What did Breton note about the stories of Venus in Section 6?

4. What war did Breton reference in Section 7 of Mad Love?

5. In Section 5, Breton described some of the automatic writing games, including the repetition of some "childhood mirages," most notably the phrases "tree for bread" and "tree for" what?

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