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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 about Nin hurt Hugo more than anything else in the beginning of the journal?
(a) Her drug addictions.
(b) Her indifference.
(c) Her affairs.
(d) Her quick temper.

2. Why did Eduardo feel the way he did about Miller in March?
(a) Nin loved Miller.
(b) Nin had abandoned Hugo.
(c) Nin was pregnant.
(d) Nin had humiliated Eduardo.

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

4. How did Miller feel about Nin and Mansfield's relationship in January of 1932?
(a) He began to hate Nin.
(b) He began to feel emasculated by their relationship.
(c) He began to entertain thoughts of living with both women.
(d) He began to hate Mansfield.

5. In March of 1932, where did Nin and Miller meet?
(a) La Coupole.
(b) Cafe de le Dome.
(c) Cafe de la Rotonde.
(d) La Closerie des Lilas.

Short Answer Questions

1. After meeting Mansfield for lunch, what does Nin conclude about her feelings for the other woman?

2. Why did Nin first sleep with Henry Miller?

3. Why did Eduardo claim that Nin could not be a lesbian?

4. What did Nin's dream about Mansfield reveal about the writer herself?

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

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