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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 wrong with two of the woman's fingers on both hands?

2. Why does Nadja's mother like to ride the Metro?

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

4. Why does Breton cry in this section?

5. Who does Breton go to the bar with at the beginning of this section?

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. Why does Breton feel he has stopped understanding Nadja?

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

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

6. What does Nadja tell Breton about her two friends?

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

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

9. Why does Nadja think people look at them?

10. How does Nadja act when she feels unwell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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