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

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

3. How does Breton describe the acting of the performers at Theater Moderne?
(a) Funky.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Fun.
(d) Ridiculous.

4. Who once handed Breton and Eluard to the police?
(a) Tristan Tzara.
(b) John-Paul Satre.
(c) Philipe Saint-Andre.
(d) Albert Camus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does the man in the film invade?

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

3. Whose poems does Breton say evoke deep emotions in him?

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

5. What would Hugo say when him and Juliet would pass the two trees?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Breton become acquainted with Paul Eluard?

3. What does Breton envy about Desnos?

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

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

6. What does Breton feel about film-going?

7. Describe Breton's dream in this section.

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

9. What puzzles Breton about the Les Detraquees?

10. How does Breton know Philippe Soupault?

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