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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) Francois Depardieux.
(c) Antonin Artaud.
(d) Jacques Vaché.

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

3. What term relates to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies?
(a) Tarot.
(b) Heathenism.
(c) Occult.
(d) Alchemy.

4. What year was it that Breton recounted going to a restaurant, in Section 1?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1934.

5. The Hegelian dialectic consists of thesis, antithesis and what?
(a) Thesis.
(b) Conclusion.
(c) Finale.
(d) Synthesis.

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

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?

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

5. On what date did Breton recount going to a restaurant, in Section 1?

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