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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement, was best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Jacques Vaché.
(d) Sam Shepherd.

3. Who wrote Mad Love?
(a) Jacques Vaché.
(b) Andre Breton.
(c) Luis Bunuel.
(d) Salvador Dali.

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

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) Antonin Artaud.
(b) Alfred Jarry.
(c) Arthur Rimbaud.
(d) Jacques Vaché.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled?

2. What is the original French title of Mad Love?

3. Breton uses a metaphor in Section 1 comparing great quartz crystals found in grottoes in Europe and the simple crystals found in what?

4. Who published Illuminations in 1874?

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

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