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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement, was best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre?

2. What term refers to a violent agitation or disturbance; commotion?

3. What French Poet's last major work, Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard ('A roll of the dice will never abolish chance'), was published in 1897?

4. Whose photography is featured throughout Mad Love?

5. The Hegelian dialectic consists of thesis, antithesis and what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Breton conclude about the use of public survey in Section 2?

3. What lines of Lautremont's did Breton quote in Section 1? Why?

4. What did the dishwasher call out in the diner, in Section 1? Why did Breton point to this?

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

6. What is the subject and focus of Section 3? What story did Breton retell in illustrating this subject?

7. What did Breton write of juxtaposition in the found object in Section 3?

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

9. How did Breton define "chance" in Section 2?

10. What is the subject and focus of Section 2 in Mad Love?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the objects found by Andre Breton and Paul Giacometti in the flea market. What impact did Giacometti's object have on his incomplete sculpture?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the author Paul Eluard and his work, theories, and influence on the Surrealist Movement. How did Eluard meet Breton? What was their friendship like?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the two surrealist journals, The Minotaur and Literature. Who originated each, and what impact did they have on the evolution of the Surrealist Movement?

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