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

2. Why does Breton like to go to the Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle in the afternoon?

3. Why does Breton say he doesn't like Comte de Lautréamont's poetry?

4. What is Breton's first point of departure?

5. Where did Breton first meet Eluard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Breton feel about film-going?

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

5. Why does Breton say he admires Flaubert?

6. What does Breton say he believes about himself?

7. What puzzles Breton about the Les Detraquees?

8. What does Breton think one needs to do to understand an artist's work?

9. How does Breton know Philippe Soupault?

10. What kind of literature does Breton say he enjoys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What do Nadja's previous relationships with men say about her as a person? Why do her stories about what happened in her past cause Breton to distance himself from her?

Essay Topic 3

What would Nadja say about Breton if the affair was told from her point of view? What information about the affair does Breton hold back and why? Is it possible to be entirely honest about such an event in one's life?

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