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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comprises that organized part of the personality structure that criticizes and prohibits his or her drives, fantasies, feelings, and actions?

2. Surrealist theory argues that what are important for the shock and surprise they elicit?

3. Who was the author of The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State?

4. Who wrote The Poverty of Philosophy?

5. Breton argues that "convulsive beauty" must be seen in terms of the object in motion, and how?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the second found object in Section 3 represent for Breton?

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

4. What did Breton write of "chance" in surrealist theory in Section 1?

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

6. What did Breton remark about the responses received from the survey in Section 2?

7. What story of a diner did Breton recount in Section 1? What descriptions did he use?

8. What did Breton write of juxtaposition in the found object in Section 3?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the Hegelian dialectic, discuss Breton's argument that "convulsive beauty" must be seen in terms of the object in motion and in repose, and between an object that is wished for and an object that is found. What is meant by "convulsive beauty"?

Essay Topic 2

To whom was Mad Love dedicated? What did Breton write, closing Mad Love to this individual? How is Breton's views of gender reflected through this relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Breton's political views and the political climate during the Surrealist Movement. How did Communism impact surrealist theory? How did World War I?

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