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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. The film L'Age d'or was controversial because it was considered an attack on what?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Anglican Church.
(d) Western Civilization.

2. What book states that once private property is abolished, "we can reasonably affirm that far from disappearing, monogamy will be realized for the first time'"?
(a) The Origins of the Family.
(b) The Origins of Freedom.
(c) The Origins of Property.
(d) The Origins of State.

3. In the end of Section 4, Breton sat in a restaurant with Paul Eluard and who?
(a) René Char.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) Paul Cezanne.
(d) Aube.

4. What astrological sign was Andre Breton?
(a) Capricorn.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Pisces.
(d) Virgo.

5. Where was Pierre Reverdy born?
(a) Sicily, Italy.
(b) Narbonne, France.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Bois de Boulogne, France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Breton go to the top of a volcano in Section 5?

2. In Section 4, Breton cites one of his poems where the tower sways like what?

3. Breton remarked in Section 4 that he had retained a copy of "Sunflower" for over how long?

4. In reviewing his poem, "Sunflower," Breton wrote, "Today I am unhesitatingly convinced of its profound ____."

5. Where was Salvador Dali from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What juxtapositions did Breton use in his descriptions of Lamba in Section 4?

3. Why did Breton not name his company on his trip in Section 6?

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

5. What did Breton feel the edits had done to the poem "Sunflower"?

6. What did Breton write of prophecy in his poem "Sunflower" in Section 4? How did he further illustrate this point?

7. What did Breton write regarding The Origins of Family in Section 5?

8. What nature imagery did Breton evoke in his description of Lamba in Section 4?

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

10. When did Breton write the poem, "Sunflower" in Section 4? To whom was it dedicated?

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