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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who published Illuminations in 1874?
(a) Comte de Lautréamont.
(b) Jacques Vaché.
(c) Alfred Jarry.
(d) Arthur Rimbaud.

3. Mad Love was written as a continuation of what previous work which explored a relationship with a woman who later turned out to be mentally unstable?
(a) Ralentir travaux.
(b) Nadja.
(c) L'Air de l'eau.
(d) L'Immaculée Conception.

4. What book's last line stated, "beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all"?
(a) Nadja.
(b) Un Cadavre.
(c) La Revolver à cheveux blancs.
(d) Ralentir travaux.

5. What art form does Breton invoke in the beginning of Mad Love?
(a) Music.
(b) Theater.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sculpture.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. Breton writes in Section 1, "In order to have a woman appear, I have seen myself opening a door, shutting it, opening it again -- when I had noticed that it was not enough to slip a ____ into a book chosen at random."

5. What French Poet's last major work, Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard ('A roll of the dice will never abolish chance'), was published in 1897?

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