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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Breton accept as a material necessity?
(a) Hope.
(b) Work.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Shopping.

2. Who skull does Breton say the log connects with?
(a) Rimbaud's.
(b) Huysmanns'.
(c) Rousseau's.
(d) Camus'

3. Who does the insect take the place of?
(a) An old man.
(b) Nadja.
(c) Breton.
(d) His brother.

4. How does Breton describe the complexion of the naked woman?
(a) Corn yellow.
(b) Dead white.
(c) Dead blue.
(d) Fire red.

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

6. What would Hugo say when him and Juliet would pass the two trees?
(a) Jesus and John the Baptist.
(b) Samson and Deliah.
(c) Iron and steel.
(d) Philemon and Baucis.

7. What does Breton hope his observations will make men aware of?
(a) The beauty of their simple nature.
(b) The inadequacy of their self-evaluation.
(c) The importance of themselves as people.
(d) The complexity of their thoughts.

8. What does Breton say he tries to use his experience to examine?
(a) Humans.
(b) France.
(c) Reality.
(d) Dreams.

9. What kind of authors does Breton say he despises?
(a) Writers who write long, rambling sentences.
(b) Writers who separate themselves from their characters.
(c) Writers who spend too long structuring their books.
(d) Writers who write short sentences.

10. 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.

11. What falls in the room after the silence?
(a) A light bulb.
(b) A knife.
(c) A feather.
(d) A balloon.

12. What would Hugo say when he saw the largest gate?
(a) Servant gate, madame.
(b) Main entrance, madame.
(c) Pedestrian gate. madame.
(d) Bridal gate, madame.

13. What is Breton's first point of departure?
(a) Hotel de Grande Hommes.
(b) Hotel la Stranger.
(c) Hotel Roulette.
(d) Hotel Varengeville-sur-Mer.

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

15. What did the engraving look like from a certain angle?
(a) A gun.
(b) A football.
(c) An angel.
(d) A lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Breton say he doesn't like Comte de Lautréamont's poetry?

2. What does the insect do at the machine?

3. What French city does Breton feel, other than Paris, something worthwhile can happen to him?

4. What creature creeps around the theater during a performance?

5. What is the play Breton says he has admired?

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