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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Hugo say when he saw the largest gate?

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

3. What does the woman at the market give Breton?

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

5. What color did Flaubert want to give an impression of in his novel "Salammbo"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Breton say he admires Flaubert?

2. How does Breton plan to approach the narrative?

3. Who does Breton become acquainted with Paul Eluard?

4. What does Breton recall about the film "Grip of the Octopus"?

5. What does Breton think Hugo's ritual says about him as a person?

6. Why does Breton feel close to Huysmans?

7. Why does Breton say he goes to the Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle?

8. What does Breton say he believes about himself?

9. What does Breton comment about his fantasy of meeting a naked woman in the woods?

10. How do Rimbaud's poems help Breton to meet a girl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Nadja maintain her power over men? How does Breton cope with the power hold over him? What suggestions are there that Breton holds a similar power over her?

Essay Topic 2

What evidence is there to suggest that Nadja is not of sound mind? Is Breton right when he says that Nadja would not have been hospitalized if she had more money? What does this comment say about French society at that time? How will the sanitarium affect Nadja?

Essay Topic 3

How does Breton's affair affect his life and thoughts about life? Is the way Nadja lives life close to Breton's own surrealist philosophies? How would their relationship have developed if they had continued seeing each other?

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