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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. Breton argues that "convulsive beauty" must be seen in terms of the object in motion, and how?
(a) In repose.
(b) In space.
(c) In existence.
(d) In the mind.

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

3. What season was it that Breton went to the flea market with his friend in Section 3?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

4. What refers to everyday items that can be transformed into art objects or reinterpreted as objects outside their intended utilitarian purpose?
(a) Catalyst items.
(b) Creative items.
(c) Found items.
(d) Art items.

5. What is the title of the photograph in Section 1 which accompanies Breton's discussion of Tarot?
(a) "Myself and her."
(b) "Cards and wine."
(c) "Tarot and love."
(d) "Myself."

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. Breton writes in Section 1, "In order to have a woman appear, I have seen myself opening a door, shutting it, opening it again -- when I had noticed that it was not enough to slip a ____ into a book chosen at random."

3. Breton claimed in Section 3 that the found object acted as a _____ for Giacometti.

4. What refers to the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference?

5. What term relates to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Breton define "chance" in Section 2?

4. What did Breton write in Section 1 of "the woman to appear"? How did he relate this to the Tarot?

5. Who was Sigmund Freud? What impact did he have on the Surrealist Movement?

6. Who was Friedrich Engels? How did he influence Breton?

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

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

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

10. Who was Man Ray? What contributions did he lend to Mad Love?

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