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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 does Breton ask his artist friend to do for him?

2. What does Breton say be would do if he was put in a sanitarium?

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

4. What does Breton say he will give Nadja the next day?

5. What men does Breton say he admires?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Breton feel about his relationship with Nadja in retrospect?

3. How does Nadja act when she feels unwell?

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

5. How does Nadja anger Breton in this section?

6. Describe the awkward meeting Breton and Nadja have on October the 6th.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine Breton's views on the following people. How does he use them to express his own views about life and art?

1. Gustave Flaubert.

2. Victor Hugo.

3. Georgio de Chirico.

4. Joris-Karl Huysmans.

5. Comte de Lautréamont.

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