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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the subject of the book that required Nin to obtain a lawyer?
(a) Incest.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) Light erotica.
(d) World War I.

3. Fill in the blank: at the end of January, Nin concluded that Mansfield was capable of only generosity and of loving _____.
(a) Herself.
(b) Miller.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Nin.

4. Through what mutual acquaintance did Nin and Henry Miller meet?
(a) RIchard Osborn.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) Anna Navarra.
(d) Eduardo Nin.

5. By Nin's standards, what outlived reality?
(a) Affection.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Art.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eduardo point out to Nin in April of 1932 in regards to her relationship with Miller?

2. Even after their meeting with Perles, how did Miller still view Nin?

3. What was Eduardo's relationship to Nin?

4. What was significant about Nin's feelings for both Hugo and Miller?

5. Who was Miller's polar opposite in regards to reliability with Nin?

(see the answer key)

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