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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. According to Nin, why did she try to assume the dominant role in a relationship?

2. What revelation did Eduardo make to Nin in the first month of this journal?

3. After meeting Mansfield for lunch, what does Nin conclude about her feelings for the other woman?

4. How did Miller feel about Nin and Mansfield's relationship in January of 1932?

5. What did Nin leave a dinner with Hugo to do in March of 1932?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Hugo worried about Nin's affair with Miller?

2. Why was Nin obsessed with sexual fulfillment in October of 1931?

3. What were Hugo's insecurities about Nin at the beginning of her journal?

4. What was significant about Nin allowing so many people to read her journal?

5. Why did Nin initially have sex with Miller?

6. Why did Nin feel that Henry and Mansfield had caused her to lose her sense of logic?

7. Describe the exhibition Nin and Hugo attend.

8. Why did Nin begin to doubt Mansfield's mental stability?

9. Describe Nin's dream about Mansfield and how it related to her neuroses.

10. How did Miller admit to feeling about Nin around March?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the implications of Nin's admitted self-censoring of this particular journal? Discuss how this affected not only the readers' perceptions of Nin and her lovers, but of how her censorship can qualify this work as an unedited journal.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the differences in Miller and Nin's languages and what it suggested about not only their relationships, but about their personalities. Be sure to also consider the significance of Nin's language becoming coarser like Miller's and what their reactions to her changing manner of speech suggests about the evolution of their relationship.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the roles of domination and submission in regards to the many relationships depicted in this journal. Do not confine this discussion strictly to how it related to Anais Nin.

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