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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Breton say the last pages of the book are his chance to do?
(a) Fall in love again.
(b) Enjoy himself.
(c) Make himself understood.
(d) Explain his behavior.

2. Which member of her family does Nadja write to regularly?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

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

4. What name does Breton say no longer rings in his ear?
(a) Nadja.
(b) Peter.
(c) Louis.
(d) Hugo.

5. Who telephones Breton on October the 9th?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Nadja.
(c) His wife.
(d) Eluard.

6. What is G the president of?
(a) The French governement.
(b) The surrealist movement.
(c) The Assize court.
(d) Citroen.

7. Where does Breton think Nadja would have gone if she was rich in stead of the sanitarium?
(a) A prison.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A rehad center.
(d) A rest home.

8. What is the peddler selling in the bar?
(a) Poems.
(b) Post cards.
(c) Colored prints.
(d) Drugs.

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

10. Who is plate 19 a picture of?
(a) Madame Desnos.
(b) Monsieur Deluis.
(c) Monsieur Eluard.
(d) Madame Sacco.

11. What does Nadja say she always does to keep herself amused?
(a) Guess the kind of relationship a couple have.
(b) Guess the age of people.
(c) Tell stories to herself.
(d) Tells jokes to herself.

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

13. Why does Breton cry in this section?
(a) He knows Nadja is evil.
(b) His son is ill.
(c) He knows he won't see Nadja again.
(d) He can't leave his wife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Breton and his wife talk about at the bar?

2. Why does Breton have an headache?

3. How does the waiter act when he serves them?

4. Why is Breton distracted when he meets Nadja in this section?

5. Who does the woman say she was in love but recently left?

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