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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pages 53-107; March 1932.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Miller claim that Nin needed more of a man than Hugo?
(a) He saw her as aggressive.
(b) He saw her as passionate.
(c) He saw her as lonely.
(d) He saw her as fragile.

2. What did Nin's dream about Mansfield reveal about the writer herself?
(a) Her hatred for Mansfield.
(b) Her ignorance of Mansfield's relationship with Miller.
(c) Her insecurities about Mansfield.
(d) Her own inability to be satisfied.

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

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

5. Who suggested Nin sees a psychoanalyst?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Eduardo.
(c) Miller.
(d) Mansfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eduardo's relationship to Nin?

2. By Nin's standards, what outlived reality?

3. Why did Miller want to unmask Nin?

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

5. What did Miller admire most about Nin in March?

(see the answer key)

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