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

2. Who directed the film, L'Age d'or?
(a) Paul Cezanne.
(b) Andre Breton.
(c) Salvador Dali.
(d) Luis Bunuel.

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

4. What is the narrative point of view Breton used in describing his trip to Brittany, in Section 6?
(a) First person singular.
(b) Third person singular.
(c) Second person plural.
(d) First person plural.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Breton note about the stories of Venus in Section 6?

2. Brittany is located where in France?

3. What French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist helped initiate the periodical Littérature?

4. What did Breton refer to as "a splendid fourteenth-century French town today abandoned to gypsies"?

5. Breton noted in Section 6 that his birthday coincides with the conjunction of Venus with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Breton cite Venus mythology in Section 6? What myths did he cite?

2. What did Breton write of his own relationship to discord in Section 6?

3. Where did Breton describe visiting in Section 5? What was his impression of the location?

4. What did Breton remark of "desire" in Section 5? Did Breton view desire as a positive or negative emotion?

5. What did Breton transition to following his descriptions of the volcano in Section 5?

6. What is the subject and focus of Section 6? How does it relate to Section 6?

7. What did Breton write of "The House of the Hanged Man" in Section 6?

8. What metaphors did Breton use in describing the flora and fauna at the volcano in Section 5?

9. What descriptions of Paris did Breton relate in Section 4? What monument did he take note of?

10. What automatic writing games did Breton describe in Section 5?

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