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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nadja's opinion of her father?

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

3. Why did the second man insist on calling Nadja Lena?

4. What does the woman's name mean in Russian?

5. What does Nadja like to draw herself as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Breton's opinion on beauty?

2. How does Nadja her power over men can help Breton?

3. What steps does Nadja say she has taken to ensure her health?

4. What problem does Nadja say she once had with drugs?

5. How does Nadja anger Breton in this section?

6. Why does Breton admire Nadja ability to entertain herself with stories?

7. What frightens Nadja on the first train?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the elements of a surrealist work? In what way is the novel a surrealist work?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

How does Breton's affair affect his life and thoughts about life? Is the way Nadja lives life close to Breton's own surrealist philosophies? How would their relationship have developed if they had continued seeing each other?

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