1. In Freud's theory, the ego mediates among the ___, the super-ego and the external world.
(a) Ego.
(b) Id.
(c) Self.
(d) Super-ego.

2. When was the first postscript of Section 3 written?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1940.

3. Whose grief at the premature death of his wife, Nusch, in 1946 inspired the work "Le temps déborde" in 1947?
(a) Antonin Artaud's.
(b) Andre Breton's.
(c) Paul Eluard's.
(d) Sam Beckett's.

4. 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) Nadja.
(d) L'Air de l'eau.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What French aristocrat and author from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century is known for his erotic and blasphemous novels, many of which were written while he was imprisoned?

2. How many of the questionnaires sent out were returned with responses in Section 2?

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

4. Who published Civilization and Its Discontents?

5. Breton wrote in Section 3 that the meaning of the slipper in Cinderella is that of "lost object" and that to Breton it symbolized what?

(see the answer key)

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