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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pages 214-274.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many days did Miller get to spend with Nin at Louveciennes?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

5. What did Allendy suggest as being the cause of Nin's inferiority complex?
(a) Her mother's notion that Nin was not intelligent.
(b) Her father's abuse.
(c) Her brother's success at life.
(d) Her childhood frailty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hugo's main fear when Nin confessed her affair with Miller to him?

2. How did Hugo find out about Nin's affair with John Erskine?

3. Why did Nin first sleep with Henry Miller?

4. What did Nin note about Miller's recall of past relationships?

5. In regards to his relationship with Nin, what did Miller desire of Mansfield in April of 1932?

(see the answer key)

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