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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In its ability to foresee his relationship with Lamba, Breton referred to the poem "Sunflower" as a poem of what?
(a) Prophecy.
(b) God.
(c) Fate.
(d) Occult.

2. Paul Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and what early 20th century's new line of artistic inquiry?
(a) Dadaism.
(b) Modernism.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Cubism.

3. What did Breton write that he considered "temptation" to be?
(a) Deadly.
(b) Divine.
(c) Evil.
(d) Dangerous.

4. What did Breton note about the stories of Venus in Section 6?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Passion.
(d) Murder.

5. Jacqueline Lamba was which of Andre Breton's wives?
(a) Second.
(b) Third.
(c) Fourth.
(d) First.

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

7. What did Breton refer to the fauna as on his trip to the volcano in Section 5?
(a) Jurassic.
(b) Enormous.
(c) Delicate.
(d) Wise.

8. When was Jacqueline Lamba born?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1900.

9. Breton regretted, in Section 4, that he no longer had the _____ of "Sunflower."
(a) Third version.
(b) Second version.
(c) Last adaptation.
(d) Original manuscript.

10. "Sunflower" is an example of what type of poetry?
(a) Stream-of-consciousness.
(b) Structured.
(c) Lyrical.
(d) Automatic.

11. What book states that once private property is abolished, "we can reasonably affirm that far from disappearing, monogamy will be realized for the first time'"?
(a) The Origins of State.
(b) The Origins of Freedom.
(c) The Origins of the Family.
(d) The Origins of Property.

12. What poem of Baudelaire's is discussed in Section 5?
(a) "Opening."
(b) "Ending."
(c) "Poesies."
(d) "Voyage."

13. In what year was Salvador Dali born?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1895.

14. In his descriptions of Lamba, where did Breton write of "a tiny, unforgettable fern climbing the inside wall of an ancient well, the deepest, most somber, and most extensive of all those that I have ever leaned over"?
(a) Japan.
(b) Egypt.
(c) France.
(d) Israel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Breton go to the top of a volcano in Section 5?

2. What is the narrative point of view Breton used in describing his trip to Brittany, in Section 6?

3. Venus is associated with what Greek goddess?

4. Who wrote the film, L'Age d'or?

5. Who painted The House of the Hanged Man?

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