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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. Breton claimed in Section 3 that the found object acted as a _____ for Giacometti.
2. What, in psychoanalytic theory, is a group of largely unconscious (dynamically repressed) ideas and feelings which concentrate on the desire to possess the parent of the opposite sex and eliminate the parent of the same sex?
3. What is the name of Andre Breton's daughter, to whom much of Mad Love is dedicated?
4. The only works published of Comte de Lautréamont include Les Chants de Maldoror and what?
5. With whom does Breton relate a trip to a flea market in Section 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. What questions did Breton pose in Section 2? Where were they published?
2. What did Breton conclude would be his approach in Mad Love in Section 2?
3. What was the first object found by Breton and Giacometti in Section 3?
4. What is the subject and focus of Section 3? What story did Breton retell in illustrating this subject?
5. What metaphor did Breton use in defining "convulsive beauty" in Section 1?
6. What did Breton note about Giacometti's sculpture in Section 3?
7. What did Breton write in the postscripts for Section 3?
8. What did the dishwasher call out in the diner, in Section 1? Why did Breton point to this?
9. How effective was Breton's survey in Section 2? What did he conclude?
10. What is the subject and focus of Mad Love? What previous work of Andre Breton's did it expand upon?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and discuss the works of Arthur Rimbaud, and the Comte de Lautréamont. Why did Breton cite these artists in the book? What influences did they have on the Surrealist Movement?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the works of Freud and Engels cited in the text. What were each of these individuals known for? What influence did they have on the Surrealist Movement?
Essay Topic 3
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"?
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