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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 is the name of the person in the play the Principal is waiting for?

2. What aids Breton in his prediction of when the words Bois-Charbons will appear?

3. What city does the man in the film invade?

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

5. What does the insect do at the machine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection does Breton make with the wood coal signs he sees?

2. How do Rimbaud's poems help Breton to meet a girl?

3. What does Breton find disturbing about the naked woman he sees in the theater?

4. How does Breton know Philippe Soupault?

5. Describe Breton's dream in this section.

6. What puzzles Breton about the Les Detraquees?

7. How does Breton plan to approach the narrative?

8. What does Breton comment about his fantasy of meeting a naked woman in the woods?

9. What story does Breton relate about Victor Hugo?

10. What does Breton think Hugo's ritual says about him as a person?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the elements of a surrealist work? In what way is the novel a surrealist work?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1920s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if he set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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