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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 Nadja's opinion of her father?

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

3. What do the colored prints depict?

4. What is the month at the beginning of this section?

5. What did Nadja almost cause Breton to drive into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Breton's wife's role in this section?

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

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

4. What does Breton learn about Nadja and her relationship with men in this section?

5. What does Breton feel about Nadja during the day on October the 7th?

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

7. Why does Nadja think people look at them?

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

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

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

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

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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