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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. What did Breton recall an early definition of as "big spoons, enormous bitter-apples, and chandeliers of soap bubbles"?
(a) Stream-of-consciousness.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Dadaism.
(d) Automatism.

2. What term refers to a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment?
(a) Logic.
(b) Objective.
(c) Chance.
(d) Desire.

3. What was the second object found by Breton and his friend at the flea market in Section 3?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A mask.
(c) A doll.
(d) A mirror.

4. What was on the handle of the spoon found at the flea market in Section 3?
(a) A girl.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A cat.
(d) A ring.

5. What term relates to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies?
(a) Heathenism.
(b) Tarot.
(c) Occult.
(d) Alchemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the responses of the survey from Section 2 were largely insufficient, there was enough interesting material there that Breton felt what?

2. What is the original French title of Mad Love?

3. What year was it that Breton recounted going to a restaurant, in Section 1?

4. In Freud's theory, the ego mediates among the ___, the super-ego and the external world.

5. Who wrote "Annabel Lee"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the subject and focus of Mad Love? What previous work of Andre Breton's did it expand upon?

2. What artists were discussed by Breton in Section 1?

3. What did Breton and Giacometti conclude of the first object in Section 3?

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

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

6. How did Breton go about stating his case on "convulsive beauty" in Section 1?

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

8. What lines of Lautremont's did Breton quote in Section 1? Why?

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

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

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