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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Breton see as a monument to things that are hidden, in Section 4?
(a) ÃŽle Saint-Louis.
(b) Bois de Boulogne.
(c) Tour Saint-Jacques.
(d) Villeneuve-les-Avignon.

4. 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) Israel.
(b) Egypt.
(c) France.
(d) Japan.

5. In reviewing his poem, "Sunflower," Breton wrote, "Today I am unhesitatingly convinced of its profound ____."
(a) Importance.
(b) Success.
(c) Failure.
(d) Immediacy.

6. What did Breton suggest had had a major influence on his love life in Section 6?
(a) Discord.
(b) Venus.
(c) God.
(d) Harmony.

7. When was Pierre Reverdy born?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1889.

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

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

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

11. In the end of Section 4, Breton sat in a restaurant with Paul Eluard and who?
(a) René Char.
(b) Aube.
(c) Salvador Dali.
(d) Paul Cezanne.

12. What did Breton refer to as "a splendid fourteenth-century French town today abandoned to gypsies"?
(a) ÃŽle Saint-Louis.
(b) Tour Saint-Jacques.
(c) Bois de Boulogne.
(d) Villeneuve-les-Avignon.

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

14. Who wrote Alice in Wonderland?
(a) F. Walter Scott.
(b) Andre Breton.
(c) Lewis Carroll.
(d) Richard Burns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Aeneid?

2. What astrological sign was Andre Breton?

3. In Section 4, Breton cites one of his poems where the tower sways like what?

4. Where was Salvador Dali from?

5. Who wrote New Justine, which was lauded by Breton in Section 5?

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