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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Undoable.
(b) Unlikely.
(c) Unattainable.
(d) Impossible.

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

3. What Surrealist journal is cited in Section 2 of Mad Love?
(a) The Venus.
(b) The Minotaur.
(c) The Centaur.
(d) Literature.

4. What did the dishwasher shout in the diner, as described by Breton in Section 1?
(a) "La bouche!"
(b) "L'Ondine!"
(c) "Poisson soluble."
(d) "S'il Vous Plaît."

5. What did Breton note was "lacking" in Giacometti's sculpture?
(a) The legs.
(b) The face.
(c) The torso.
(d) The arms.

6. Where did Breton meet Lamba?
(a) Venice.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

7. Who was the author of The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State?
(a) Friedrich Engels.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

8. What is the name of Andre Breton's daughter, to whom much of Mad Love is dedicated?
(a) Marie.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Aube.
(d) Augustine.

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

10. What term refers to a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment?
(a) Desire.
(b) Chance.
(c) Objective.
(d) Logic.

11. What is the title of the photograph in Section 1 which accompanies Breton's discussion of Tarot?
(a) "Myself and her."
(b) "Tarot and love."
(c) "Myself."
(d) "Cards and wine."

12. What refers to a pack of cards (most commonly numbering 78), used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play a group of card games and for divination?
(a) Tarot.
(b) Ouija.
(c) Hora.
(d) Mysticism.

13. What refers to the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed?
(a) God.
(b) Fate.
(c) Religion.
(d) Logic.

14. What is the original French title of Mad Love?
(a) L'Air de l'eau.
(b) Manifeste du surréalisme.
(c) L'Amour fou.
(d) L'Immaculée Conception.

15. 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?
(a) Sam Shepherd.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Jacques Vaché.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Surrealist theory argues that what are important for the shock and surprise they elicit?

2. What was the first object found by Breton and his friend in the flea market in Section 3?

3. What term refers to a violent agitation or disturbance; commotion?

4. What was on the handle of the spoon found at the flea market in Section 3?

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

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