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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nadja, pg. 16 to 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of authors does Breton say he despises?
(a) Writers who write long, rambling sentences.
(b) Writers who write short sentences.
(c) Writers who spend too long structuring their books.
(d) Writers who separate themselves from their characters.

3. What question does Breton pose at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Who am I?
(b) Is love real?
(c) Do we all live in the same reality?
(d) What am I doing here?

4. 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.

5. What does the author say the two gates mirror about Hugo?
(a) His strengths and weaknesses.
(b) His friends and foes.
(c) His loves and hates.
(d) His humor and seriousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what order does Breton say he will discuss his memories?

2. Which painter's paintings does Breton say have magnificent light?

3. What does Paul Eluard like to write?

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

5. What is the name of the author who wrote Madame Bovery?

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