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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pages 108-144.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eduardo point out to Nin in April of 1932 in regards to her relationship with Miller?
(a) Miller was the only man to whom she ever submitted.
(b) Miller was manipulating her outrageously.
(c) Miller was quite abusive.
(d) Nin regarded Miller like her father.

2. Who suggested to Nin that she might be losing herself in what was not hers?
(a) Dr. Allendy.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Joaquin.
(d) Eduardo.

3. What did Perles and Miller both beg of Nin when they meet with her in March?
(a) They asked her to leave them alone.
(b) They begged her to read her work aloud to him.
(c) They begged her to pose for a portrait.
(d) They both wanted her to spend the night with him.

4. What did Henry do to Nin that initially repulses her in their first meeting?
(a) He kissed her.
(b) He flirted with her.
(c) He refused to shake her hand.
(d) He got her drunk.

5. Why did Nin first sleep with Henry Miller?
(a) She pitied him.
(b) She was trying to get back at Hugo.
(c) She was slipped a drug.
(d) She thought she could write about her experiences for her next book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the blank: at the end of January, Nin concluded that Mansfield was capable of only generosity and of loving _____.

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

3. What did Nin's dream about Mansfield reveal about the writer herself?

4. What was significant about Nin's meeting with Perles and Miller?

5. Who did Nin allow to read her journal at the end of March?

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