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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. Who summarized his approach in the first line of chapter one of The Communist Manifesto: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles"?
2. Brittany is located where in France?
3. The killer in Section 6 claimed in court that he had been driven to exasperation in part due to his wife's long-standing refusal of what?
4. What did Breton refer to as "a splendid fourteenth-century French town today abandoned to gypsies"?
5. Who directed the film, L'Age d'or?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Breton write of prophecy in his poem "Sunflower" in Section 4? How did he further illustrate this point?
2. What did Breton conclude of his trip in Section 6?
3. What imagery did Breton use in Section 5? What is the subject of this section?
4. What did Breton transition to following his descriptions of the volcano in Section 5?
5. What automatic writing games did Breton describe in Section 5?
6. What did Breton remark of the flora and fauna in Section 5?
7. What is the subject and focus of Section 4? How does this section contrast from the previous one?
8. What metaphors did Breton use in describing the flora and fauna at the volcano in Section 5?
9. What did Breton remark of "desire" in Section 5? Did Breton view desire as a positive or negative emotion?
10. What juxtapositions did Breton use in his descriptions of Lamba in Section 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the associations of the Surrealist Movement with "chance" and the occult. How did Breton define "chance"?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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