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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to a mythological monster, half-man and half-bull?
(a) Pegasus.
(b) Minotaur.
(c) Cyclops.
(d) Serotaur.

3. Breton and his friend, in Section 3, associated the mask's original purpose as being what?
(a) British sabre mask.
(b) German sabre mask.
(c) Russian sabre mask.
(d) French sabre mask.

4. Breton argues that "convulsive beauty" must be seen in terms of the object in motion, and how?
(a) In existence.
(b) In space.
(c) In repose.
(d) In the mind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of the questions posed by Breton in Section 2?

2. Section 3 begins by invoking one of the cornerstones of the avant-garde, referred to as what?

3. Where did Breton meet Lamba?

4. 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?

5. What kind of brooch was the waitress in the diner wearing, as described by Breton in Section 1?

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