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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 transfixes Breton about the woman that is walking towards him?

2. What does Nadja say the spouts of water in the fountain are like?

3. What did Nadja's friend suggest she buy with the money he gave her?

4. What does Nadja say she always does to keep herself amused?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nadja tell Breton about her parents?

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

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

4. What is Breton's opinion of sanitariums?

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

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

7. Why does Breton cry in this section?

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

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

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

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 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

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

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