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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 Nadja babble about in the courtyard?
(a) About losing a child.
(b) About going to prison.
(c) About being in love.
(d) About being an alcoholic.

2. Why did the second man insist on calling Nadja Lena?
(a) In memory of his wife.
(b) She looks like an old friend called Lena.
(c) In memory of his daughter.
(d) He always wanted to have a daughter by that name.

3. What does the woman's name mean in Russian?
(a) Fun.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Evil.

4. What does Breton say Nadja is unable to hold onto?
(a) Money.
(b) Hope.
(c) Reality.
(d) Men.

5. What is Nadja's opinion of her father?
(a) He is wonderful.
(b) He is abusive.
(c) He is weak.
(d) He is stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the woman leave her previous boyfriend?

2. What does Nadja see in the train window?

3. What did Nadja almost cause Breton to drive into?

4. What is the name of Breton's psychic?

5. Why does Breton get out of the taxi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nadja and Breton's meeting on October 11.

2. Why does Breton cry in this section?

3. What does Breton feel about his relationship with Nadja in retrospect?

4. Describe three drawings Nadja draws as a symbol of her relationship with Breton.

5. Why does Nadja think people look at them?

6. What does Nadja tell Breton about her parents?

7. Describe the incident with the red window?

8. Why does Breton's artist friend refuse to paint Nadja?

9. What is Breton's wife's role in this section?

10. What does Breton feel about Nadja during the day on October the 7th?

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