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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. Where did Breton meet Lamba?

2. In Freud's theory, the ego mediates among the ___, the super-ego and the external world.

3. With whom does Breton relate a trip to a flea market in Section 3?

4. What is the title of the photograph in Section 1 which accompanies Breton's discussion of Tarot?

5. What fragmented phrase had Breton thought of months earlier, which resurfaced after the flea market in Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What metaphor did Breton use in defining "convulsive beauty" in Section 1?

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

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

4. What artists were discussed by Breton in Section 1?

5. What lines of Lautremont's did Breton quote in Section 1? Why?

6. What did Breton write of "chance" in surrealist theory in Section 1?

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

8. Who was Man Ray? What contributions did he lend to Mad Love?

9. What did Breton write in Section 1 of "the woman to appear"? How did he relate this to the Tarot?

10. What did the second found object in Section 3 represent for Breton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the "found object" and the "art object" in Andre Breton's surrealist theory. What is the purpose of each to the artist and creator?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the transition from the Dada Movement to the Surrealist Movement. What global events influenced these movements and their philosophies?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the objects found by Andre Breton and Paul Giacometti in the flea market. What impact did Giacometti's object have on his incomplete sculpture?

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