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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 Nadja admit to Breton when he meets her by chance?

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

3. What has a doctor advised Nadja to do?

4. What does the woman say she is having problems with?

5. What is Breton unwilling to admit about the window?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Breton's opinion of sanitariums?

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 feel he has stopped understanding Nadja?

8. What does Nadja tell Breton about her parents?

9. Why does Breton admire Nadja ability to entertain herself with stories?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What are Breton's opinions on life how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Breton's views?

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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