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

2. What does Paul Eluard like to write?
(a) Novels.
(b) Poems.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Essays.

3. What period does Breton say Desnos is having when he visits him?
(a) His tired period.
(b) His yellow period.
(c) His nap period.
(d) His crazy period.

4. What does Breton say will have to examine about Chirico before we understand him?
(a) His personal views.
(b) His upbringing.
(c) His bone structure.
(d) His love life.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Breton compare the bird in his ceiling to?

3. What does Breton say the actors do in the Theater Moderne rather than listen to each other?

4. What color did Flaubert want to replicate in his novel "Madame Bovary"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Rimbaud's poems help Breton to meet a girl?

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

3. What kind of literature does Breton say he enjoys?

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

5. What does Breton say he believes about himself?

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

7. Describe the first act of the play Les Detraquees.

8. What is Breton's opinion of work?

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

10. Describe Breton's dream in this section.

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