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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-52; October 1931- February 1932.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Miller become angry with Nin during his first attempt at seducing her?
(a) She kept talking about her cousin.
(b) She got drunk and passed out.
(c) He did not know she had a husband.
(d) He thought she was purposely being coy.

2. Why did Nin think Henry believed her to be more sexually experienced than she actually was?
(a) She was married.
(b) She was an artist's model.
(c) She had affairs behind Hugo's back.
(d) She was older than his wife.

3. With what did Nin paper her walls in February while she was in Louveciennes?
(a) Miller's letters.
(b) Her own poetry.
(c) Mansfield's writings.
(d) Hugo's early love letters to her.

4. What did Nin believe about Miller's feelings towards sex?
(a) Sex was love.
(b) Sex was degrading to both parties.
(c) Sex was pointless.
(d) Sex was about conquering the other person.

5. According to Nin, what could she not be if she were a faithful wife?
(a) A tragic figure.
(b) An expert on erotica.
(c) An artist.
(d) Unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hugo start to come home late in October?

2. What was the subject of the book that required Nin to obtain a lawyer?

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

4. About what does Mansfield object in regards to Miller?

5. What revelation did Eduardo make to Nin in the first month of this journal?

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