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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. In his self-reflection, Breton argued, he could point out the most significant and trivial details of his life and link them to the importance of what?
2. In Section 3, Breton contrasts the sexual instinct with the ____ instinct as he describes how, unbeknown to him, two people had perused the same objects at the flea market, one of whom was a former lover of Breton's.
3. What did Breton note was "lacking" in Giacometti's sculpture?
4. What did Breton recall an early definition of as "big spoons, enormous bitter-apples, and chandeliers of soap bubbles"?
5. The only works published of Comte de Lautréamont include Les Chants de Maldoror and what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Man Ray? What contributions did he lend to Mad Love?
2. What did Breton write of "chance" in surrealist theory in Section 1?
3. What did the second found object in Section 3 represent for Breton?
4. What metaphor did Breton use in defining "convulsive beauty" in Section 1?
5. What did Breton and Giacometti conclude of the first object in Section 3?
6. What was the first object found by Breton and Giacometti in Section 3?
7. What did Breton write of juxtaposition in the found object in Section 3?
8. Who was Sigmund Freud? What impact did he have on the Surrealist Movement?
9. How did Breton define "chance" in Section 2?
10. What questions did Breton pose in Section 2? Where were they published?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why did Andre Breton begin Mad Love by discussing the theater? What metaphors did he make using this art form? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the associations of the Surrealist Movement with "chance" and the occult. How did Breton define "chance"?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the life and career of Charles Baudelaire. What influence did Baudelaire have on the Surrealist Movement? What impact did he have on other movements in literature?
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