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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In describing Lamba, Breton wrote, "This young woman who just entered appeared to be swathed in mist - clothed in" what?
(a) Fire.
(b) Ice.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Fur.

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

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

4. 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) Honey.
(b) Butter.
(c) Truth.
(d) Trust.

5. 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.

6. 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) Cubism.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Dadaism.
(d) Modernism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What was Jacqueline Lamba's occupation?
(a) Painter.
(b) Pianist.
(c) Sculptor.
(d) Vocalist.

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

15. Who summarized his approach in the first line of chapter one of The Communist Manifesto: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles"?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Antonin Artaud.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Friedrich Engels.

Short Answer Questions

1. The killer in Section 6 claimed in court that he had been driven to exasperation in part due to his wife's long-standing refusal of what?

2. Who was Jacqueline Lamba's second husband?

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

4. Regarding the poem, "Sunflower," Breton wrote, ""I say that there isn't anything in this poem of 1923 that did not announce the most important thing to happen to me in ____."

5. What did Breton refer to as "a splendid fourteenth-century French town today abandoned to gypsies"?

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