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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. "Sunflower" is an example of what type of poetry?
(a) Lyrical.
(b) Structured.
(c) Stream-of-consciousness.
(d) Automatic.
2. What kind of behavior did Breton write love "stirred up" in Section 4?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Sardonic.
(c) Inexplicable.
(d) Lyrical.
3. Who summarized his approach in the first line of chapter one of The Communist Manifesto: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles"?
(a) Antonin Artaud.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Friedrich Engels.
(d) Karl Marx.
4. Brittany is located where in France?
(a) Southwest.
(b) Northeast.
(c) Southeast.
(d) Northwest.
5. In Section 5, Breton made the connection between lovers as linked and lacy grass and as what in turn?
(a) Ship-rigging.
(b) Trees and flowers.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Kittens and puppies.
Short Answer Questions
1. Breton noted in Section 6 that his birthday coincides with the conjunction of Venus with what?
2. In Section 5, Breton described some of the automatic writing games, including the repetition of some "childhood mirages," most notably the phrases "tree for bread" and "tree for" what?
3. Breton regretted, in Section 4, that he no longer had the _____ of "Sunflower."
4. Breton refers to the myth of Venus and the what?
5. Who painted The House of the Hanged Man?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Breton remark of the flora and fauna in Section 5?
2. What is the subject and focus of Section 6? How does it relate to Section 6?
3. What did Breton associate with his sense of discord on his trip in Section 6?
4. Where did Breton describe visiting in Section 5? What was his impression of the location?
5. What automatic writing games did Breton describe in Section 5?
6. Why did Breton cite Venus mythology in Section 6? What myths did he cite?
7. What juxtapositions did Breton use in his descriptions of Lamba in Section 4?
8. What did Breton feel the edits had done to the poem "Sunflower"?
9. What did Breton conclude of his trip in Section 6?
10. What metaphors did Breton use in describing the flora and fauna at the volcano in Section 5?
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