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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did one author to another that he should change about his heroine?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her nose.
(c) Her gender.
(d) Her name.

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

3. Where does the Etienne Dolet statue stand?
(a) Grands Hommes.
(b) Place Maubert.
(c) Linkin Park.
(d) Place d'Ango.

4. What does Breton say Desnos is able to see?
(a) What he cannot.
(b) The stupidity of the French government.
(c) His connection with the past.
(d) The future.

5. What is the name of the author who wrote Madame Bovery?
(a) Andre Breton.
(b) Gustave Flaubert.
(c) Albert Camus.
(d) Victor Hugo.

6. What does Breton love to visit in Nantes?
(a) A museum.
(b) A park.
(c) A lake.
(d) The beach.

7. What city does the man in the film invade?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Rome.
(c) New York City.
(d) Paris.

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

9. What is the play Breton says he has admired?
(a) Les Detraquees.
(b) Look Back in Anger.
(c) The Sea Gull.
(d) Les Humana.

10. What would Juliette when she pointed to the smaller gate?
(a) Bridal gate, monsieur.
(b) Servant gate, monsieur.
(c) Main entrance, monsieur.
(d) Pedestrian gate, monsieur.

11. What statue does Breton say has always fascinated him?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Statue of Liberty.
(d) Etienne Dolet.

12. In what order does Breton say he will discuss his memories?
(a) In regimental order.
(b) In chronological order.
(c) In reverse order.
(d) In order of how they come to mind.

13. What does Breton say the author's life is victimized by?
(a) The media.
(b) The events of everyday life.
(c) People's feelings.
(d) Critical analysis.

14. What does Breton describe as a living room at the bottom of the lake?
(a) The theater's bar.
(b) The theater's auditorium.
(c) The theater's stage.
(d) The theater's bathroom.

15. What color did Flaubert want to give an impression of in his novel "Salammbo"?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is pictured is on plate number four?

3. Who does the old woman say she has just a call from?

4. Why does Breton like to go to the Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle in the afternoon?

5. What does Breton say is his favorite theater?

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