View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a violent agitation or disturbance; commotion?
(a) Reaction.
(b) Explosion.
(c) Convulsion.
(d) Expulsion.

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

3. 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) Arthur Rimbaud.
(c) Alfred Jarry.
(d) Antonin Artaud.

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

5. On what date did Breton recount going to a restaurant, in Section 1?
(a) April 20.
(b) January 1.
(c) May 16.
(d) April 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Hegelian dialectic consists of thesis, antithesis and what?

3. Surrealist theory argues that what are important for the shock and surprise they elicit?

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

5. What was the pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, an Uruguayan-born French poet?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 208 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample