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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to a mythological monster, half-man and half-bull?
(a) Serotaur.
(b) Minotaur.
(c) Cyclops.
(d) Pegasus.

3. What was the first object found by Breton and his friend in the flea market in Section 3?
(a) A mask.
(b) A doll.
(c) A puppet.
(d) A spoon.

4. What art form does Breton invoke in the beginning of Mad Love?
(a) Music.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Theater.
(d) Dance.

5. What term refers to the state of being mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented?
(a) Mad.
(b) Bothered.
(c) Desirious.
(d) External.

Short Answer Questions

1. The only works published of Comte de Lautréamont include Les Chants de Maldoror and what?

2. What was on the handle of the spoon found at the flea market in Section 3?

3. What represents that organized part of the personality structure that includes defensive, perceptual, intellectual-cognitive, and executive functions?

4. What kind of brooch was the waitress in the diner wearing, as described by Breton in Section 1?

5. What story did the spoon from the flea market evoke for Breton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Sigmund Freud? What impact did he have on the Surrealist Movement?

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

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

4. What was Breton's conclusion of the purpose of the objects in Section 3?

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

6. What did Breton and Giacometti conclude of the first object in Section 3?

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

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

9. What did Breton conclude would be his approach in Mad Love in Section 2?

10. What art form does Breton open Mad Love discussing? Why?

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