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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was discovered the previous year in the well?
(a) Clothes.
(b) A body.
(c) Oil.
(d) Gold.

4. What does the woman at the market give Breton?
(a) A copy of one of her poems.
(b) A watch.
(c) A copy of one of her short stories.
(d) A beer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Breton say he was talking to on the balcony whilst watching Couleur du Temps?

2. What does Breton visit in Saint-Ouen?

3. What would Hugo say when he saw the largest gate?

4. Who is pictured is on plate number four?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Breton become acquainted with Paul Eluard?

2. What story does Breton relate about Victor Hugo?

3. What does Breton say he believes about himself?

4. What does Breton envy about Desnos?

5. What does Breton say he respects about Tristan Tzara?

6. What does Breton think Hugo's ritual says about him as a person?

7. What does Breton feel about film-going?

8. What does Breton comment about his fantasy of meeting a naked woman in the woods?

9. Why does Breton say he goes to the Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle?

10. What does Breton recall about the film "Grip of the Octopus"?

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