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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 summarized his approach in the first line of chapter one of The Communist Manifesto: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles"?
(a) Friedrich Engels.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Antonin Artaud.

2. Jacqueline Lamba was which of Andre Breton's wives?
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

3. In what year was Salvador Dali born?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1895.

4. Venus is associated with what Greek goddess?
(a) Poiseidon.
(b) Eros.
(c) Hera.
(d) Aphrodite.

5. Breton concludes Section 5 wondering if perhaps the connection between the coast, the house, the murder, and his desire for solitude do not constitute an ______ and a deliberate undoing.
(a) Overdetermination.
(b) Underappreciation.
(c) Overstimulation.
(d) Underestimation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the Aeneid?

3. What term refers to that of high moral, aesthetic, intellectual, or spiritual value; noble; exalted?

4. In its ability to foresee his relationship with Lamba, Breton referred to the poem "Sunflower" as a poem of what?

5. Who was a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Breton conclude of his trip in Section 6?

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