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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 Hugo start to come home late in October?
(a) He was having an affair.
(b) He was preparing to leave her.
(c) He was testing Nin's patience.
(d) He was visiting the opium dens.

2. 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 was trying to get back at Hugo.
(d) She pitied him.

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

4. What was Nin unable to do for Mansfield in her dream?
(a) Find her.
(b) Satisfy her.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Leave her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Eduardo feel about Miller?

2. Who suggested Nin sees a psychoanalyst?

3. Why did Eduardo feel the way he did about Miller in March?

4. Even after their meeting with Perles, how did Miller still view Nin?

5. About what sexual activity did Nin find herself frequently fantasizing in October?

(see the answer key)

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