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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pages 214-274.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hugo find out about Nin's affair with John Erskine?
(a) Erskine wrote him a letter.
(b) He read her journal.
(c) He found the gifts Erskine had given her.
(d) Erskine's wife confronted Hugo when she saw him at a museum.

2. After meeting Mansfield for lunch, what does Nin conclude about her feelings for the other woman?
(a) Nin believed Mansfield was not good enough for Henry.
(b) Nin hated her.
(c) Nin was infatuated with her.
(d) Nin believed Mansfield was trying marginalize her.

3. What did Nin claim about her love for Miller?
(a) It heightened her creativity.
(b) It made her weak.
(c) It allowed her to further experience the world of which she had always dreams.
(d) It made her tougher.

4. Why did Miller become angry with Nin during his first attempt at seducing her?
(a) He did not know she had a husband.
(b) She got drunk and passed out.
(c) She kept talking about her cousin.
(d) He thought she was purposely being coy.

5. Why did Nin think Henry believed her to be more sexually experienced than she actually was?
(a) She was an artist's model.
(b) She had affairs behind Hugo's back.
(c) She was married.
(d) She was older than his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Nin attempt to end a relationship in March of 1932?

2. What did Nin include with her letter to Allendy in August?

3. According to the men at Louveciennes, what could Nin do to a man without effort?

4. What did Nin allow Miller to do in March?

5. How did Nin's allowance of Miller in March affect him?

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