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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Surrealist theory argues that what are important for the shock and surprise they elicit?
(a) Juxtapositions.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Metaphors.
(d) Themes.

2. With whom does Breton relate a trip to a flea market in Section 3?
(a) Paul Cezanne.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) Paul Eluard.
(d) Alberto Giacometti.

3. In Section 2, Breton sought to answer how one memory might stand out as being a "sign of the spontaneous, the indeterminate, the unforeseeable or even the _____."
(a) Unattainable.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Unlikely.
(d) Undoable.

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

5. What fragmented phrase had Breton thought of months earlier, which resurfaced after the flea market in Section 3?
(a) Rapunzel hairbrush.
(b) Hanzel and Gretel ashtray.
(c) Cinderella ashtray.
(d) Cinderella shoe-strap.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the second postscript of Section 3 written?

2. In his self-reflection, Breton argued, he could point out the most significant and trivial details of his life and link them to the importance of what?

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

4. With whom did Breton recount a conversation in the first postscript of Section 3?

5. 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?

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