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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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) L'Immaculée Conception.
(c) L'Air de l'eau.
(d) Nadja.

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) Rock salt.
(b) Building material.
(c) Sand.
(d) Concrete.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference?

2. While the responses of the survey from Section 2 were largely insufficient, there was enough interesting material there that Breton felt what?

3. What refers to a mythological monster, half-man and half-bull?

4. What French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, was best known for his work, Ubu Roi?

5. Who was the author of The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State?

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