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

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

3. In what year did "Henry and June" begin?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1932.

4. Nin referred to a period of time she spent in a certain city in February of 1932, though never revealed what happened there. What city was this?
(a) St. Tropez.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Vienna.

5. About what sexual activity did Nin find herself frequently fantasizing in October?
(a) Orgies.
(b) Lesbian intercourse.
(c) Sodomy.
(d) Fellatio.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what did Nin paper her walls in February while she was in Louveciennes?

2. Why did Nin refuse to leave Hugo?

3. Where did Eduardo and Nin have their first conversation of the book?

4. Why did Nin think Henry believed her to be more sexually experienced than she actually was?

5. How did Nin claim she and Mansfield communicated during February of 1932?

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