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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. How did Nin claim she and Mansfield communicated during February of 1932?
(a) They developed a secret language.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Short stories that alluded to their feelings for one another.
(d) Drawings.

2. Why did Nin find herself unable to commit to Miller, despite their attraction to each other and compatibility?
(a) Nin was afraid that her relationship with Miller would overshadow her writing career.
(b) Nin was afraid Miller would try to force her to leave Hugo.
(c) Nin felt she loved Mansfield more.
(d) Nin felt Miller could not understand her.

3. Why did Nin first sleep with Henry Miller?
(a) She thought she could write about her experiences for her next book.
(b) She was trying to get back at Hugo.
(c) She was slipped a drug.
(d) She pitied him.

4. What did Nin realize her letters to Miller took the place of in March?
(a) Having sex with Hugo.
(b) Writing a short story.
(c) Talking to Hugo.
(d) Writing in her journal.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the purpose of the exhibition Nin attended in March?

3. What did Nin allow Miller to do in March?

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

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

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