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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Breton first meet Eluard?
(a) The Conservataire Renee Maubel.
(b) The Manoir d'Ango.
(c) The Hotel des Grands Hommes.
(d) The Etienne Dolet.

3. Who does Breton say he was talking to on the balcony whilst watching Couleur du Temps?
(a) Camus.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Dali.
(d) Picasso.

4. What was the color of the woman's glove?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Orange.
(d) Red.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What has the woman who knocks on Breton's hotel room door come to say?
(a) She has come to recommend someone to him.
(b) She has come to warn him about the police.
(c) She has come to ask him to pay his bill.
(d) She has come to ask him for a drink.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Breton describe as a living room at the bottom of the lake?

2. Where does Breton see the naked woman wearing only a coat?

3. Why does Breton hit the insect with his cane?

4. How does the insect try to choke Breton?

5. What bird decorates the base of the mirrors in the hallway of the theater?

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