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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Surrealist theory argues that what are important for the shock and surprise they elicit?
(a) Metaphors.
(b) Themes.
(c) Juxtapositions.
(d) Symbols.

2. Whose grief at the premature death of his wife, Nusch, in 1946 inspired the work "Le temps déborde" in 1947?
(a) Sam Beckett's.
(b) Antonin Artaud's.
(c) Andre Breton's.
(d) Paul Eluard's.

3. While the responses of the survey from Section 2 were largely insufficient, there was enough interesting material there that Breton felt what?
(a) There was some scientific justification.
(b) There was more to say.
(c) There was reason to send them again.
(d) There was reason to use them, regardless.

4. What refers to everyday items that can be transformed into art objects or reinterpreted as objects outside their intended utilitarian purpose?
(a) Catalyst items.
(b) Creative items.
(c) Art items.
(d) Found items.

5. What French poet produced his best known works while still in his late teens and gave up creative writing altogether before the age of 21?
(a) Jacques Vaché.
(b) Alfred Jarry.
(c) Arthur Rimbaud.
(d) Antonin Artaud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which component of Freud's psychological model acts according to the "pleasure principle", seeking to avoid pain or displeasure aroused by increases in instinctual tension?

2. How many of the questionnaires sent out were returned with responses in Section 2?

3. What is the first of the questions posed by Breton in Section 2?

4. What refers to a pack of cards (most commonly numbering 78), used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play a group of card games and for divination?

5. What book's last line stated, "beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all"?

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