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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. What was the purpose of the exhibition Nin attended in March?
(a) Naked men and women were painting and dancing.
(b) Naked men danced for money.
(c) Naked women were dancing and having sex.
(d) Naked men were posing for artists.

2. How did Perles's suggestion to Nin that she loved Miller more than Mansfield affect Nin?
(a) She grew saddened.
(b) She felt alienated from Mansfield.
(c) She grew defensive.
(d) She felt emboldened.

3. With whom does Nin attempt to end a relationship in March of 1932?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Mansfield.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Miller.

4. Where did Eduardo and Nin have their first conversation of the book?
(a) Saint-Martin.
(b) Saint-Barthelemy.
(c) Paris.
(d) Louveciennes.

5. How did Hugo refer to his and Nin's tumultuous relationship in November?
(a) Utopia.
(b) A funeral dirge.
(c) A divorce.
(d) A honeymoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eduardo's relationship to Nin?

2. After Mansfield's departure in January of 1932, where did Nin go to recover?

3. According to Nin, what could she not be if she were a faithful wife?

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

5. Why was Nin unable to eat in front of Mansfield when they met for lunch in January of 1932?

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