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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the first postscript of Section 3 written?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1940.

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

3. Who wrote "Annabel Lee"?
(a) Alfred Jarry.
(b) Comte de Lautréamont.
(c) Arthur Rimbaud.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

4. Breton argues that "convulsive beauty" must be seen in terms of the object in motion, and how?
(a) In the mind.
(b) In repose.
(c) In existence.
(d) In space.

5. What was the first object found by Breton and his friend in the flea market in Section 3?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A puppet.
(c) A mask.
(d) A doll.

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

7. Breton claimed in Section 3 that the found object acted as a _____ for Giacometti.
(a) Objective.
(b) Muse.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Detriment.

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

9. What book's last line stated, "beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all"?
(a) La Revolver à cheveux blancs.
(b) Un Cadavre.
(c) Ralentir travaux.
(d) Nadja.

10. What season was it that Breton went to the flea market with his friend in Section 3?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

11. 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) Thin blade.
(b) Poem.
(c) Thin paper.
(d) Gun.

12. What year was it that Breton recounted going to a restaurant, in Section 1?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1934.

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

14. The Hegelian dialectic consists of thesis, antithesis and what?
(a) Thesis.
(b) Finale.
(c) Synthesis.
(d) Conclusion.

15. What did Breton note was "lacking" in Giacometti's sculpture?
(a) The arms.
(b) The torso.
(c) The legs.
(d) The face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Andre Breton's daughter, to whom much of Mad Love is dedicated?

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. Breton stated, in the first postscript of Section 3, that he had repressed the connection between the spoon and the what?

4. What French poet produced his best known works while still in his late teens and gave up creative writing altogether before the age of 21?

5. Surrealist theory argues that what are important for the shock and surprise they elicit?

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