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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 notice about Breton when they meet at the beginning of this section?

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

3. Where does Breton think Nadja would have gone if she was rich in stead of the sanitarium?

4. What kind of book does Breton bring with him to the meeting?

5. What does the woman say she is going to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nadja anger Breton in this section?

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

4. Describe the incident with the red window?

5. What is Breton's opinion of sanitariums?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What would Nadja say about Breton if the affair was told from her point of view? What information about the affair does Breton hold back and why? Is it possible to be entirely honest about such an event in one's life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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