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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nadja, pg. 16 to 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Victor Hugo's lover?
(a) Helena Freud.
(b) Nina Hagen.
(c) Juliette Drouet.
(d) Daniella Farkas.

2. What color did Flaubert want to replicate in his novel "Madame Bovary"?
(a) Sandstone.
(b) Moldy wood.
(c) A sea beaten rock.
(d) The greyness of old people's skin.

3. Which painter's paintings does Breton say have magnificent light?
(a) Courbet.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Chirico.

4. Who does Breton say he feels closer to than any of his friends?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Francis Bacon.
(c) Flaubert.
(d) Huysmans.

5. Where did Breton first meet Eluard?
(a) The Manoir d'Ango.
(b) The Etienne Dolet.
(c) The Hotel des Grands Hommes.
(d) The Conservataire Renee Maubel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Breton say the author's life is victimized by?

2. What kind of bird did Breton like to hunt in the woods?

3. What color did Flaubert want to give an impression of in his novel "Salammbo"?

4. Why does Breton say he doesn't like Comte de Lautréamont's poetry?

5. What does Breton say will have to examine about Chirico before we understand him?

(see the answer key)

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