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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Breton distinguishes in Section 1 between an object which is wished for and an object which is what?
(a) Found.
(b) Dreamed of.
(c) Bought.
(d) Prayed for.

4. 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?
(a) Self.
(b) Ego.
(c) Id.
(d) Super-ego.

5. What art form does Breton invoke in the beginning of Mad Love?
(a) Theater.
(b) Music.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the original French title of Mad Love?

2. What Surrealist journal is cited in Section 2 of Mad Love?

3. Who first stated and established the Hegelian dialectic?

4. What term refers to the state of being mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented?

5. What was on the handle of the spoon found at the flea market in Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What metaphor did Breton use in defining "convulsive beauty" in Section 1?

2. How did Breton go about stating his case on "convulsive beauty" in Section 1?

3. What is the subject and focus of Mad Love? What previous work of Andre Breton's did it expand upon?

4. What story of a diner did Breton recount in Section 1? What descriptions did he use?

5. Who was Sigmund Freud? What impact did he have on the Surrealist Movement?

6. What did Breton note about Giacometti's sculpture in Section 3?

7. What artists were discussed by Breton in Section 1?

8. What did Breton write in Section 1 of "the woman to appear"? How did he relate this to the Tarot?

9. What did Breton write of "chance" in surrealist theory in Section 1?

10. What did Breton conclude would be his approach in Mad Love in Section 2?

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