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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Annabel Lee"?
(a) Alfred Jarry.
(b) Comte de Lautréamont.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Arthur Rimbaud.

2. With whom did Breton recount a conversation in the first postscript of Section 3?
(a) Giacometti.
(b) Eluard.
(c) Cezanne.
(d) Aube.

3. What is the original French title of Mad Love?
(a) L'Air de l'eau.
(b) L'Amour fou.
(c) L'Immaculée Conception.
(d) Manifeste du surréalisme.

4. What term refers to a violent agitation or disturbance; commotion?
(a) Expulsion.
(b) Convulsion.
(c) Reaction.
(d) Explosion.

5. What refers to the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference?
(a) Logic.
(b) Structure.
(c) Fate.
(d) Chance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 3, Breton contrasts the sexual instinct with the ____ instinct as he describes how, unbeknown to him, two people had perused the same objects at the flea market, one of whom was a former lover of Breton's.

2. What French Poet's last major work, Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard ('A roll of the dice will never abolish chance'), was published in 1897?

3. What is the title of the photograph in Section 1 which accompanies Breton's discussion of Tarot?

4. What French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, was best known for his work, Ubu Roi?

5. When was The Communist Manifesto produced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first object found by Breton and Giacometti in Section 3?

2. What was Breton's conclusion of the purpose of the objects in Section 3?

3. What did Breton conclude would be his approach in Mad Love in Section 2?

4. What did Breton note about Giacometti's sculpture in Section 3?

5. What art form does Breton open Mad Love discussing? Why?

6. What metaphor did Breton use in defining "convulsive beauty" in Section 1?

7. What questions did Breton pose in Section 2? Where were they published?

8. What is the subject and focus of Section 2 in Mad Love?

9. What did Breton write in the postscripts for Section 3?

10. What is the subject and focus of Section 3? What story did Breton retell in illustrating this subject?

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