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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is plate 16 a picture of?
(a) Rimbaud.
(b) A woman's glove.
(c) A poetry book.
(d) A plate of food.

3. What does Breton say are made in sanitariums?
(a) Fun-loving people.
(b) Mad people.
(c) Art.
(d) Philosophies.

4. What does Breton say he will give Nadja the next day?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Books.

5. Why did Nadja decide not to work at butchers and bakers?
(a) The hours were too long.
(b) The pay was too low.
(c) The people were sexist.
(d) The work was too dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Breton and Nadja catch a train to in this section?

2. What does Nadja call the man she met in Paris who was in his seventies?

3. Where is the second man from that Nadja talks about in this section?

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

5. What does Breton say Nadja makes no difference between?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nadja tell Breton about her previous love affair?

2. Why doesn't Breton want Nadja to read his books?

3. How does Breton think Nadja will cope in the sanitarium?

4. Why does Breton's artist friend refuse to paint Nadja?

5. Describe the incident with the red window?

6. Why does Breton feel he has stopped understanding Nadja?

7. Why does Nadja think people look at them?

8. Why does Breton cry in this section?

9. What does Nadja tell Breton about her two friends?

10. What is Breton's opinion on beauty?

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