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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nadja, pg. 27 to 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color did Flaubert want to replicate in his novel "Madame Bovary"?
(a) Moldy wood.
(b) The greyness of old people's skin.
(c) Sandstone.
(d) A sea beaten rock.

2. Who does the young man mistake Breton?
(a) A painter.
(b) Another writer.
(c) A friend killed in the war.
(d) His brother.

3. Which painter's paintings does Breton say have magnificent light?
(a) Chirico.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Courbet.
(d) Picasso.

4. What was Breton offered as accommodation at the Manoir de Ango?
(a) A hut.
(b) A basement.
(c) A shed.
(d) A garage.

5. What French city does Breton feel, other than Paris, something worthwhile can happen to him?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Nantes.
(c) Cannes.
(d) Marseilles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the book Breton wrote with Philippe Soupault?

2. What is the name of the author who wrote Madame Bovery?

3. What would Hugo say when he saw the largest gate?

4. What has the woman who knocks on Breton's hotel room door come to say?

5. Which of the following does Breton say we have to find Chirico's views on before we can understand his work?

(see the answer key)

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