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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. The only works published of Comte de Lautréamont include Les Chants de Maldoror and what?

2. What did Breton note was "lacking" in Giacometti's sculpture?

3. Breton uses a metaphor in Section 1 comparing great quartz crystals found in grottoes in Europe and the simple crystals found in what?

4. 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?

5. What refers to the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Friedrich Engels? How did he influence Breton?

2. What was the first object found by Breton and Giacometti in Section 3?

3. What is the subject and focus of Section 2 in Mad Love?

4. What did Breton note about Giacometti's sculpture in Section 3?

5. What did Breton and Giacometti conclude of the first object in Section 3?

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

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

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

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

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

Compare the settings of Tenerife, Paris and Brittany, as described in the text. How did each location exhibit a different mood and tone through Breton's writing?

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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