1. Section 3 begins by invoking one of the cornerstones of the avant-garde, referred to as what?
(a) The obscure.
(b) The rebellious.
(c) The new.
(d) The different.

2. What was the pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, an Uruguayan-born French poet?
(a) Comte de Lautréamont.
(b) Arthur Rimbaud.
(c) Alfred Jarry.
(d) Jacques Vaché.

3. Where was Pierre Reverdy born?
(a) Narbonne, France.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Bois de Boulogne, France.
(d) Sicily, Italy.

4. In Section 5, Breton made the connection between lovers as linked and lacy grass and as what in turn?
(a) Kittens and puppies.
(b) Trees and flowers.
(c) Ship-rigging.
(d) Laundry.

5. What German social scientist, author, political theorist and philosopher co-founded communist theory, alongside Karl Marx?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Benito Mussolini.
(d) Friedrich Engels.

Short Answer 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."

2. With whom did Breton recount a conversation in the first postscript of Section 3?

3. What was the pen name of Eugène Émile Paul Grindel?

4. Paul Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and what early 20th century's new line of artistic inquiry?

5. Who wrote New Justine, which was lauded by Breton in Section 5?

(see the answer key)

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