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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was "Sunflower" written?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1930.

2. In reviewing his poem, "Sunflower," Breton wrote, "Today I am unhesitatingly convinced of its profound ____."
(a) Importance.
(b) Failure.
(c) Success.
(d) Immediacy.

3. What nineteenth-century French poet's Les fleurs du mal was very influential on surrealism?
(a) Charles Baudelaire's.
(b) Marquis de Sade's.
(c) Andre Breton's.
(d) Antonin Artaud's.

4. What was the second object found by Breton and his friend at the flea market in Section 3?
(a) A doll.
(b) A mask.
(c) A spoon.
(d) A mirror.

5. Who painted The House of the Hanged Man?
(a) Antonin Artaud.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) Paul Cezanne.
(d) Charles Baudelaire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Breton suggest had had a major influence on his love life in Section 6?

2. In Section 5, Breton made the connection between lovers as linked and lacy grass and as what in turn?

3. It was suggested to Breton that the house in Section 6 was where what had occurred?

4. Who does Breton refer to as a symbolic founder of civilization in Section 6?

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

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