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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 is the woman's name?

2. Where does Breton think Nadja would have gone if she was rich in stead of the sanitarium?

3. What is the name of the hotel Nadja stayed during her first night in Paris?

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

5. How does Breton make the peddler go away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Breton cry in this section?

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

3. How did Breton and Nadja almost kill themselves?

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

5. Describe three drawings Nadja draws as a symbol of her relationship with Breton.

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

7. What problem does Nadja say she once had with drugs?

8. How does Nadja her power over men can help Breton?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What major events had a profound effect on Breton's life, and how do they change him? What does Breton still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What would happen if Breton and Nadja ever met again? What does Breton thinks would happen if he met Nadja again?

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