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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. While the responses of the survey from Section 2 were largely insufficient, there was enough interesting material there that Breton felt what?
2. Breton wrote in Section 3 that the meaning of the slipper in Cinderella is that of "lost object" and that to Breton it symbolized what?
3. What refers to everyday items that can be transformed into art objects or reinterpreted as objects outside their intended utilitarian purpose?
4. What was the second object found by Breton and his friend at the flea market in Section 3?
5. What refers to a mythological monster, half-man and half-bull?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Breton remark about the responses received from the survey in Section 2?
2. How did Breton go about stating his case on "convulsive beauty" in Section 1?
3. What story of a diner did Breton recount in Section 1? What descriptions did he use?
4. What artists were discussed by Breton in Section 1?
5. What did the second found object in Section 3 represent for Breton?
6. Who was Man Ray? What contributions did he lend to Mad Love?
7. What did Breton conclude would be his approach in Mad Love in Section 2?
8. What did Breton note about Giacometti's sculpture in Section 3?
9. What metaphor did Breton use in defining "convulsive beauty" in Section 1?
10. What did Breton write in the postscripts for Section 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the two surrealist journals, The Minotaur and Literature. Who originated each, and what impact did they have on the evolution of the Surrealist Movement?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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