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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. Who wrote Alice in Wonderland?

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

3. Who wrote the Aeneid?

4. Breton regretted, in Section 4, that he no longer had the _____ of "Sunflower."

5. Breton wrote, "What is required most earnestly to keep up this sort of life loses all its value at the passage of the great _____."

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Breton transition to following his descriptions of the volcano in Section 5?

2. What did Breton remark of the flora and fauna in Section 5?

3. What automatic writing games did Breton describe in Section 5?

4. When did Breton write the poem, "Sunflower" in Section 4? To whom was it dedicated?

5. Where did Breton describe visiting in Section 5? What was his impression of the location?

6. What is the subject and focus of Section 6? How does it relate to Section 6?

7. What trip did Breton recount in Section 6? Where did he go, and when?

8. What juxtapositions did Breton use in his descriptions of Lamba in Section 4?

9. What did Breton write regarding The Origins of Family in Section 5?

10. What descriptions of Paris did Breton relate in Section 4? What monument did he take note of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Breton's use of imagery, symbolism, and metaphor in his descriptions of Jacqueline Lamba in Section 4. What juxtapositions did the poet use? What effect did they have?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the life, career, and work of Man Ray. What relationship did Ray have with Breton? What involvement did Ray have within the Surrealist Movement?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the transition from the Dada Movement to the Surrealist Movement. What global events influenced these movements and their philosophies?

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