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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Paul Cezanne born?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1895.

2. In what month did Breton describe visiting Brittany, in Section 6?
(a) January.
(b) August.
(c) February.
(d) July.

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

4. What term means an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Juxtaposition.

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

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

7. It was suggested to Breton that the house in Section 6 was where what had occurred?
(a) His dream.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A vision.
(d) A murder.

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

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

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

11. Who was a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Aeneas.
(d) Homer.

12. When was Alice in Wonderland published?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1865.

13. 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) Trust.
(c) Truth.
(d) Butter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Breton and Lamba pass after the Tour Saint-Jacques?

2. 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"?

3. 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?

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

5. What refers to the practice of marriage with only one person at a time?

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