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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the only time Chirico said he could paint?
(a) When he was surprised.
(b) When he was in love.
(c) When he was going through a breakup.
(d) When he was hungry.

2. What does the gardener tell the principal about Solange?
(a) He was taken to court.
(b) He missed his train.
(c) He had a heart attack.
(d) He was murdered.

3. What was discovered the previous year in the well?
(a) A body.
(b) Gold.
(c) Oil.
(d) Clothes.

4. What question does Breton pose at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Is love real?
(b) Who am I?
(c) Do we all live in the same reality?
(d) What am I doing here?

5. What does Breton say the actors do in the Theater Moderne rather than listen to each other?
(a) Perform to themselves.
(b) Make dates with members of the audience.
(c) Run amok.
(d) Talk over each other.

6. What does Breton say the story about Hugo and the gates make him feel?
(a) A sense of reality.
(b) A sense of proportion.
(c) A sense of dread.
(d) A sense of age.

7. Who does Breton say he feels closer to than any of his friends?
(a) Flaubert.
(b) Francis Bacon.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Huysmans.

8. Where does the plot of Breton's favorite play take place?
(a) An alleyway.
(b) A girl's school.
(c) A museum.
(d) A boy's school.

9. What does Breton say we can never hope to discover through work?
(a) A sense of humor.
(b) The true meaning of life.
(c) Our relationship to others.
(d) How far we can push ourselves.

10. What would Juliet say in response to Hugo's remark about the trees?
(a) Boring.
(b) Well done sir.
(c) How amusing.
(d) Nothing.

11. Where does Breton see the naked woman wearing only a coat?
(a) The Trance House.
(b) The Hippy Hall.
(c) The Blue Castle.
(d) The Electric Palace.

12. Who has Breton always wished to meet in the woods?
(a) An old hag.
(b) A naked woman.
(c) An elf.
(d) A talking tree.

13. Who is pictured is on plate number four?
(a) Paul Eluard.
(b) Nadja.
(c) Satre.
(d) Andre Breton.

14. What does Paul Eluard like to write?
(a) Essays.
(b) Poems.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Novels.

15. What is the name of the film Breton mentions in this section?
(a) The Fish in the Sea.
(b) The Tentacles of Hope.
(c) The Grip of the Octopus.
(d) Chinese Mayhem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Breton offered as accommodation at the Manoir de Ango?

2. What is the name of the famous archway at the Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle?

3. What is the name of the person in the play the Principal is waiting for?

4. What does the woman at the market give Breton?

5. What did the engraving the woman show Breton look like from straight on?

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