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

2. What did one author to another that he should change about his heroine?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her name.
(c) Her gender.
(d) Her nose.

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

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

5. What would Juliet say in response to Hugo's remark about the trees?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Boring.
(c) Well done sir.
(d) How amusing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Breton describe the acting of the performers at Theater Moderne?

2. What does Breton love to visit in Nantes?

3. What does Paul Eluard like to write?

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

5. How does the insect try to choke Breton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Breton say he admires Flaubert?

2. Why does Breton feel close to Huysmans?

3. What does Breton think one needs to do to understand an artist's work?

4. Describe Breton's dream in this section.

5. Why does Breton first decide to speak to Nadja?

6. What does Breton envy about Desnos?

7. What does Breton learn about the Maison Rogue sign?

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

9. What does Breton say he wants to find out about himself?

10. Who does Breton become acquainted with Paul Eluard?

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