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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, was best known for his work, Ubu Roi?
(a) Alfred Jarry.
(b) Jacques Vaché.
(c) Francois Depardieux.
(d) Antonin Artaud.

2. Whose photography is featured throughout Mad Love?
(a) Gustav Klimt's.
(b) Ansel Adam's.
(c) Pablo Picasso's.
(d) Man Ray's.

3. 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) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Sam Shepherd.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Jacques Vaché.

4. What term refers to the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled?
(a) Arbitration.
(b) Chance.
(c) Randomness.
(d) Structure.

5. Who wrote "Annabel Lee"?
(a) Arthur Rimbaud.
(b) Alfred Jarry.
(c) Comte de Lautréamont.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The only works published of Comte de Lautréamont include Les Chants de Maldoror and what?

3. What is the title of the photograph in Section 1 which accompanies Breton's discussion of Tarot?

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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