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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the pen name of Eugène Émile Paul Grindel?
(a) Sam Beckett.
(b) Andre Breton.
(c) Antonin Artaud.
(d) Paul Eluard.

2. Breton noted in Section 2 that answering how a memory might stand out as a sign of the spontaneous was likely not an appropriate answer to be sought through what?
(a) A magazine.
(b) A test.
(c) Science.
(d) A survey.

3. What is the original French title of Mad Love?
(a) L'Air de l'eau.
(b) Manifeste du surréalisme.
(c) L'Amour fou.
(d) L'Immaculée Conception.

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

5. What is the title of the photograph in Section 1 which accompanies Breton's discussion of Tarot?
(a) "Myself and her."
(b) "Tarot and love."
(c) "Myself."
(d) "Cards and wine."

Short Answer Questions

1. Breton distinguishes in Section 1 between an object which is wished for and an object which is what?

2. Who wrote The Poverty of Philosophy?

3. Whose photography is featured throughout Mad Love?

4. What did the dishwasher shout in the diner, as described by Breton in Section 1?

5. What term relates to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies?

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