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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nadja, pg. 27 to 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Breton say is his favorite theater?
(a) Theater Surreal.
(b) Theater Absurd.
(c) Theater Moderne.
(d) Theater Noir.

5. Who is pictured is on plate number four?
(a) Satre.
(b) Nadja.
(c) Andre Breton.
(d) Paul Eluard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one author to another that he should change about his heroine?

2. What words does Andre Breton see appearing on several shop fronts?

3. Which of the following does Breton say we have to find Chirico's views on before we can understand his work?

4. What kind of films does Breton have a weakness for?

5. Who does Breton say he feels closer to than any of his friends?

(see the answer key)

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