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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disappoints Nadja about Breton?
(a) He is a writer.
(b) He is married.
(c) He is short.
(d) He has been to university.

2. What transfixes Breton about the woman that is walking towards him?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her legs.
(c) Her breasts.
(d) Her eyes.

3. What does Breton call compulsive?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Obsession.
(c) Love.
(d) Hate.

4. What does Nadja ask Breton to bring with him the next time they meet?
(a) His books.
(b) His notebooks.
(c) His good mood.
(d) His paintings.

5. Who does the woman say she was in love but recently left?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A writer.
(c) A journalist.
(d) A student.

6. Who does Nadja believe she sees at the end of this section?
(a) Her father.
(b) A man who once asked her to marry him.
(c) A man who once abused her.
(d) Her mother.

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

8. What does Breton think happens to Nadja when he is not there?
(a) She is sucked into an ordinary life.
(b) She thinks about him constantly.
(c) She meets other men.
(d) She reads his books.

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

10. Where do Breton and Nadja catch a train to in this section?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Calais.
(c) Nantes.
(d) St. Germain.

11. Who are on top of the train?
(a) Student protestors.
(b) Adolescents.
(c) Train robbers.
(d) Railroad workers.

12. What does Nadja say the spouts of water in the fountain are like?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Tears.
(c) Streets.
(d) Arms.

13. What has a doctor advised Nadja to do?
(a) Drink plenty of water.
(b) Find a job.
(c) Stop taking drugs.
(d) Take a trip.

14. Where is the second man from that Nadja talks about in this section?
(a) America.
(b) Poland.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Britain.

15. What does Nadja make Breton read in this section?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Angel cards.
(c) Letters.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman Breton is supposed to be obsessed by?

2. What does the woman say she is going to?

3. What is coming out from behind a hand in Nadja's cut out?

4. What is the name of the picture that depicts a cat tied down and trying to jump?

5. Why did Nadja decide not to work at butchers and bakers?

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