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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. Who does Nadja believe she sees at the end of this section?

2. What is Nadja's opinion of her father?

3. What is the name of the bookstore Breton goes to in this section?

4. What does the woman's name mean in Russian?

5. What is coming out from behind a hand in Nadja's cut out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Breton's opinion of sanitariums?

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

3. What frightens Nadja on the first train?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Breton and Nadja almost kill themselves?

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

Compare and contrast Breton and Nadja.

1. What is their relationship to each other?

2. How are their ideas different?

3. How do their differences in opinion prove to be destructive?

Essay Topic 3

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

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