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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the two gates mirror about Hugo?
(a) His friends and foes.
(b) His humor and seriousness.
(c) His strengths and weaknesses.
(d) His loves and hates.

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

3. What does Breton visit in Saint-Ouen?
(a) A cinema.
(b) A flea market.
(c) A theater.
(d) A museum.

4. What is the name of the famous archway at the Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle?
(a) Porte Saint-Denis.
(b) Grip of the Octopus.
(c) Arch of Liberty.
(d) Arc de Triumphe.

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

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

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

8. Where does the Principal find the dead body?
(a) A wardrobe.
(b) Under the floorboards.
(c) In a well.
(d) A medicine cabinet.

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

10. Why does Breton like to go to the Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle in the afternoon?
(a) He can work there without people shouting at him.
(b) He feels something will happen there.
(c) It gives him a sense of peace.
(d) It is full of beautiful women.

11. What color was the insect Breton dreamed about?
(a) Pebble colored.
(b) Mud colored.
(c) Sand colored.
(d) Moss colored.

12. Why does Breton hit the insect with his cane?
(a) It is trying to bite his neck.
(b) It is trying to destroy the machine.
(c) He feels it has committed fraud.
(d) It is too ugly to bear.

13. What bird decorates the base of the mirrors in the hallway of the theater?
(a) Mallards.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Robins.
(d) Swans.

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

15. What kind of films does Breton have a weakness for?
(a) Sci-fi films.
(b) Hollywood films.
(c) Porn films.
(d) Absurb films.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Breton say he is determined by knowing?

2. What does the gardener tell the principal about Solange?

3. What was the color of the woman's glove?

4. What did one author to another that he should change about his heroine?

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

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