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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Breton recall an early definition of as "big spoons, enormous bitter-apples, and chandeliers of soap bubbles"?
(a) Stream-of-consciousness.
(b) Automatism.
(c) Dadaism.
(d) Surrealism.

2. In Section 5, Breton described some of the automatic writing games, including the repetition of some "childhood mirages," most notably the phrases "tree for bread" and "tree for" what?
(a) Trust.
(b) Honey.
(c) Butter.
(d) Truth.

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

4. What kind of behavior did Breton write love "stirred up" in Section 4?
(a) Sardonic.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Lyrical.
(d) Inexplicable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was presumably with Breton in Brittany in Section 6?

2. What French Poet's last major work, Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard ('A roll of the dice will never abolish chance'), was published in 1897?

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

4. Breton described feeling an overwhelming need for what, while in Brittany in Section 6?

5. According to Breton, "____, the only motive of the world, ____, the only rigor humans must be acquainted with, where could I better situated to adore it than on the inside of the cloud?

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