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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nineteenth-century French poet's Les fleurs du mal was very influential on surrealism?
(a) Charles Baudelaire's.
(b) Antonin Artaud's.
(c) Andre Breton's.
(d) Marquis de Sade's.

2. What was Jacqueline Lamba's occupation?
(a) Painter.
(b) Vocalist.
(c) Sculptor.
(d) Pianist.

3. The Hegelian dialectic consists of thesis, antithesis and what?
(a) Synthesis.
(b) Thesis.
(c) Conclusion.
(d) Finale.

4. The only works published of Comte de Lautréamont include Les Chants de Maldoror and what?
(a) Poésies.
(b) Mad Love.
(c) L'amour fou.
(d) Sunflower.

5. What book's last line stated, "beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all"?
(a) Ralentir travaux.
(b) Nadja.
(c) Un Cadavre.
(d) La Revolver à cheveux blancs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Breton announces in Section 2 that one of the purposes of Mad Love will be to explore _____ encounter with chance.

2. When was The Surrealist Manifesto released?

3. Surrealist theory argues that what are important for the shock and surprise they elicit?

4. Who first stated and established the Hegelian dialectic?

5. What did Breton note was "lacking" in Giacometti's sculpture?

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