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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. Where did Nadja hide a small bit of cocaine?

2. What does Breton say he has now yielded the desire to do?

3. Who does Breton go to the bar with at the beginning of this section?

4. What is G the president of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nadja tell Breton about her parents?

2. What frightens Nadja on the first train?

3. Why does Breton disagree with what Nadja's mother does in her spare time?

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

5. Why does Breton cry in this section?

6. Describe the incident with the red window?

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

8. Why does Breton send his friend Paul Eluard to Nadja's house?

9. What draws Breton to the fact Nadja has power over men?

10. How does Nadja act when she feels unwell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the narrative?

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

What evidence is there to suggest Nadja has a great power over men? How does Nadja use her power to get what she wants? How does the power she has influence the way Breton feels about her and the way their relationship evolves?

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