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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 wrote Alice in Wonderland?
2. What term means an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast?
3. Breton regretted, in Section 4, that he no longer had the _____ of "Sunflower."
4. Regarding the poem, "Sunflower," Breton wrote, ""I say that there isn't anything in this poem of 1923 that did not announce the most important thing to happen to me in ____."
5. According to Breton, "____, the only motive of the world, ____, the only rigor humans must be acquainted with, where could I better situated to adore it than on the inside of the cloud?
Short Essay Questions
1. What imagery did Breton use in Section 5? What is the subject of this section?
2. What is the subject and focus of Section 6? How does it relate to Section 6?
3. When did Breton write the poem, "Sunflower" in Section 4? To whom was it dedicated?
4. What did Breton write of his own relationship to discord in Section 6?
5. What did Breton associate with his sense of discord on his trip in Section 6?
6. What did Breton conclude of his trip in Section 6?
7. What did Breton write of prophecy in his poem "Sunflower" in Section 4? How did he further illustrate this point?
8. Where did Breton describe visiting in Section 5? What was his impression of the location?
9. What did Breton remark of "desire" in Section 5? Did Breton view desire as a positive or negative emotion?
10. How did Breton describe Lamba in Section 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the transition from the Dada Movement to the Surrealist Movement. What global events influenced these movements and their philosophies?
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
Discuss and describe the works of theater artists Alfred Jarry and Antonin Artaud. What impact did they have on surrealist thought and Andre Breton?
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