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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to that of high moral, aesthetic, intellectual, or spiritual value; noble; exalted?
(a) Godly.
(b) Supreme.
(c) Holy.
(d) Sublime.

2. In Section 5, Breton compared passing through the rough landscape to the volcano with passing through what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Desire.
(c) Life.
(d) Danger.

3. When was the oldest known temple of Venus dedicated?
(a) 390 BC.
(b) 200 BC.
(c) 293 BC.
(d) 123 BC.

4. Breton noted in Section 6 that his birthday coincides with the conjunction of Venus with what?
(a) Mars.
(b) The moon.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Jupiter.

5. Breton remarked in Section 4 that he had retained a copy of "Sunflower" for over how long?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 15 years.

6. What is the narrative point of view Breton used in describing his trip to Brittany, in Section 6?
(a) First person plural.
(b) Third person singular.
(c) First person singular.
(d) Second person plural.

7. In Section 4, Breton cites one of his poems where the tower sways like what?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A tree.
(c) A blade of grass.
(d) A sunflower.

8. When was L'Age d'or released?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1925..

9. The film L'Age d'or was controversial because it was considered an attack on what?
(a) Western Civilization.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Anglican Church.

10. Breton refers to the myth of Venus and the what?
(a) Golden Harp.
(b) Golden Ring.
(c) Golden Hind.
(d) Golden Apple.

11. Who wrote New Justine, which was lauded by Breton in Section 5?
(a) Salvador Dali.
(b) Marquis de Sade.
(c) Charles Baudelaire.
(d) Antonin Artaud.

12. In Section 5, Breton made the connection between lovers as linked and lacy grass and as what in turn?
(a) Ship-rigging.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Trees and flowers.
(d) Kittens and puppies.

13. When did Jacqueline Lamba die?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1975.

14. What French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist helped initiate the periodical Littérature?
(a) Antonin Artaud.
(b) Charles Baudelaire.
(c) Pierre Reverdy.
(d) Philippe Soupault.

15. What refers to the practice of marriage with only one person at a time?
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Unigamy.
(c) Bigamy.
(d) Monogamy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Alice in Wonderland?

2. Venus is associated with what Greek goddess?

3. In what year was "Sunflower" written?

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

5. What happened later the same evening that Breton wrote of having met Lamba?

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