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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Breton writes in Section 1, "In order to have a woman appear, I have seen myself opening a door, shutting it, opening it again -- when I had noticed that it was not enough to slip a ____ into a book chosen at random."
(a) Thin blade.
(b) Poem.
(c) Thin paper.
(d) Gun.

2. 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) Tarot.
(d) Heathenism.

3. The only works published of Comte de Lautréamont include Les Chants de Maldoror and what?
(a) Mad Love.
(b) L'amour fou.
(c) Poésies.
(d) Sunflower.

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

5. What French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, was best known for his work, Ubu Roi?
(a) Francois Depardieux.
(b) Jacques Vaché.
(c) Alfred Jarry.
(d) Antonin Artaud.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Freud's theory, the ego mediates among the ___, the super-ego and the external world.

2. What season was it that Breton went to the flea market with his friend in Section 3?

3. What term refers to the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled?

4. Who wrote The Poverty of Philosophy?

5. What is the title of the photograph in Section 1 which accompanies Breton's discussion of Tarot?

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