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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pages 145-213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hugo find out about Nin's affair with John Erskine?
(a) He read her journal.
(b) He found the gifts Erskine had given her.
(c) Erskine's wife confronted Hugo when she saw him at a museum.
(d) Erskine wrote him a letter.

2. What was always capable of grabbing Nin's attention, no matter how exhausted she was?
(a) Her journal.
(b) Letters from Mansfield.
(c) Miller's manuscripts.
(d) Her love for Miller.

3. In what way did Miller verbally express his love for Nin?
(a) He told her he needed to own her.
(b) He told her he needed to write a story about her.
(c) He told her she needed to leave him for his own good.
(d) He told her she needed to become more assertive.

4. How did Nin feel about the equality in her relationship with Miller?
(a) She felt he was too meek in his wants.
(b) She felt he took too much from her.
(c) She felt she took advantage of him.
(d) She felt they were equal partners.

5. How did Perles feel when Nin went to Miller's bedroom the night they met?
(a) He felt angry at Nin.
(b) He was indifferent.
(c) He felt sorry for Mansfield.
(d) He felt jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Allendy initially believe was at the heart of Nin's problem?

2. Why did Nin refuse to leave Hugo?

3. What did Miller begin to consider in July, despite Nin's insistence that he not?

4. Why could Nin no longer feel comfortable in her own home in May?

5. Who was Eduardo's psychoanalyst?

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