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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following does Breton say we have to find Chirico's views on before we can understand his work?
(a) Love.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Women.

5. Who pointed out the Maison Rogue sign to Breton?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Louis Aragon.
(c) Albert Camus.
(d) Picasso.

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

7. What is the nationality of the man in the film who multiplies?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) Korean.

8. Why does Breton say he doesn't like Comte de Lautréamont's poetry?
(a) He uses only simple words.
(b) It is nothing but style.
(c) It says nothing about life.
(d) He hides behind his work.

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

10. What does Breton compare the bird in his ceiling to?
(a) A spider.
(b) A goat.
(c) A grasshopper.
(d) A duck.

11. What aids Breton in his prediction of when the words Bois-Charbons will appear?
(a) Paintings of dogs.
(b) Paintings of fires.
(c) Paintings of chocolate.
(d) Paintings of logs.

12. What does Breton say he strives to discover?
(a) The love of his life.
(b) His relation to other men.
(c) His intellectual capabilities.
(d) His real parents.

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

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

15. What does Breton say is his favorite theater?
(a) Theater Moderne.
(b) Theater Surreal.
(c) Theater Absurd.
(d) Theater Noir.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the young man mistake Breton?

2. What color did Flaubert want to give an impression of in his novel "Salammbo"?

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

4. What philosopher's notes does Breton find in the Rimbaud book?

5. What painter does Breton mention in this section?

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