1. What was the pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, an Uruguayan-born French poet?
(a) Comte de Lautréamont.
(b) Alfred Jarry.
(c) Jacques Vaché.
(d) Arthur Rimbaud.

2. 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?
(a) Jacques Vaché.
(b) Stephen Mallarmé.
(c) Francois Depardieux.
(d) Antonin Artaud.

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

4. Breton uses a metaphor in Section 1 comparing great quartz crystals found in grottoes in Europe and the simple crystals found in what?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Building material.
(c) Sand.
(d) Rock salt.

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

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 French poet produced his best known works while still in his late teens and gave up creative writing altogether before the age of 21?

3. Who published Illuminations in 1874?

4. Who wrote "Annabel Lee"?

5. Who first stated and established the Hegelian dialectic?

(see the answer key)

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