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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 kind of book does Breton bring with him to the meeting?

2. Why does Breton cry in this section?

3. Why did Nadja decide not to work at butchers and bakers?

4. Why does Nadja say the man hit her in the face?

5. What disappoints Nadja about Breton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nadja and Breton's meeting on October 11.

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

3. What steps does Nadja say she has taken to ensure her health?

4. Why does Nadja think people look at them?

5. How does Nadja act when she feels unwell?

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

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

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

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

10. What is Breton's opinion on beauty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the elements of a surrealist work? In what way is the novel a surrealist work?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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