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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 Miller admire most about Nin in March?
(a) Her ability to understand the world around her.
(b) Her writing talent.
(c) Her ability to juggle many different relationships at once.
(d) Her beauty.

2. What did Allendy initially believe was at the heart of Nin's problem?
(a) She was raped at an early age.
(b) She had an Oedipal complex.
(c) She was incapable of loving anyone.
(d) She refused to accept her homosexuality.

3. 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 quite abusive.
(c) Miller was manipulating her outrageously.
(d) Nin regarded Miller like her father.

4. Whose books did Nin specifically keep in her studio?
(a) Nathaniel Hathorne.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) D.H. Lawrence.

5. To what did Nin agree in April to quell Eduardo's fear?
(a) She would never leave him, even if she stopped loving him.
(b) She would never intentionally get pregnant.
(c) She would partially censor her journal for him.
(d) She would keep Hugo from hurting him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Perles's suggestion to Nin that she loved Miller more than Mansfield affect Nin?

2. What did Miller say in Nin's studio that hurt her feelings in April?

3. What was the primary subject when Nin visited Dr. Allendy?

4. Why did Nin first sleep with Henry Miller?

5. When Nin read Miller's new novel in February, how did she feel about it?

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