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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. Breton wrote, "What is required most earnestly to keep up this sort of life loses all its value at the passage of the great _____."
2. Breton refers to the myth of Venus and the what?
3. What astrological sign was Andre Breton?
4. In Section 5, Breton compared passing through the rough landscape to the volcano with passing through what?
5. While Section 5 ends by extolling love and passion, Section 6 emphasizes what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What juxtapositions did Breton use in his descriptions of Lamba in Section 4?
2. What did Breton remark of "desire" in Section 5? Did Breton view desire as a positive or negative emotion?
3. When did Breton write the poem, "Sunflower" in Section 4? To whom was it dedicated?
4. What did Breton conclude of his trip in Section 6?
5. What is the subject and focus of Section 4? How does this section contrast from the previous one?
6. What automatic writing games did Breton describe in Section 5?
7. What did Breton write of his own relationship to discord in Section 6?
8. What did Breton associate with his sense of discord on his trip in Section 6?
9. How did Breton describe Lamba in Section 4?
10. What descriptions of Paris did Breton relate in Section 4? What monument did he take note of?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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 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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