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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 5, Breton compared passing through the rough landscape to the volcano with passing through what?
(a) Life.
(b) Danger.
(c) Desire.
(d) Fear.

2. Who wrote New Justine, which was lauded by Breton in Section 5?
(a) Salvador Dali.
(b) Charles Baudelaire.
(c) Antonin Artaud.
(d) Marquis de Sade.

3. In what month did Breton describe visiting Brittany, in Section 6?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) January.
(d) February.

4. What happened later the same evening that Breton wrote of having met Lamba?
(a) They had an argument.
(b) They had their first rendevous.
(c) They never spoke.
(d) They were married.

5. Who was a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Homer.
(d) Cupid.

6. What astrological sign was Andre Breton?
(a) Capricorn.
(b) Pisces.
(c) Virgo.
(d) Cancer.

7. 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?
(a) Cubism.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Modernism.
(d) Dadaism.

8. Where was Salvador Dali from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

9. 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?
(a) Honey.
(b) Butter.
(c) Truth.
(d) Trust.

10. In the end of Section 4, Breton sat in a restaurant with Paul Eluard and who?
(a) Salvador Dali.
(b) René Char.
(c) Aube.
(d) Paul Cezanne.

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

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

13. New Justine was set against the backdrop of what location?
(a) The Swiss Alps.
(b) Mt. Ranier.
(c) Mt. Etna.
(d) Mt. McKinley.

14. Breton wrote, "What is required most earnestly to keep up this sort of life loses all its value at the passage of the great _____."
(a) Mad love.
(b) Dream trees.
(c) Dream fantasy.
(d) Dream fruits.

15. The film L'Age d'or was controversial because it was considered an attack on what?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) The Anglican Church.
(c) Western Civilization.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrative point of view Breton used in describing his trip to Brittany, in Section 6?

2. Breton noted in Section 6 that his birthday coincides with the conjunction of Venus with what?

3. Who painted The House of the Hanged Man?

4. What did Breton refer to the fauna as on his trip to the volcano in Section 5?

5. What poem of Baudelaire's is discussed in Section 5?

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