1. The only works published of Comte de Lautréamont include Les Chants de Maldoror and what?
(a) Mad Love.
(b) Poésies.
(c) L'amour fou.
(d) Sunflower.

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

3. Breton distinguishes in Section 1 between an object which is wished for and an object which is what?
(a) Prayed for.
(b) Found.
(c) Bought.
(d) Dreamed of.

4. Breton uses a metaphor in Section 1 comparing great quartz crystals found in grottoes in Europe and the simple crystals found in what?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Building material.
(c) Sand.
(d) Rock salt.

5. How many of the questionnaires sent out were returned with responses in Section 2?
(a) Three quarters.
(b) Almost half.
(c) All of them.
(d) None of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 2, Breton sought to answer how one memory might stand out as being a "sign of the spontaneous, the indeterminate, the unforeseeable or even the _____."

2. What refers to the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed?

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

4. What year was it that Breton recounted going to a restaurant, in Section 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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