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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was significant about Nin's feelings for both Hugo and Miller?
(a) She loved them both too equally to choose between them.
(b) She feared both of them.
(c) They were the closest she had come to giving herself wholly to another.
(d) She knew she was torturing both of them with her indecision.

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

3. Why could Nin no longer feel comfortable in her own home in May?
(a) She had kicked Hugo out.
(b) Miller's absence.
(c) Hugo had a new lover.
(d) Hugo was ill.

4. Why did Miller become angry with Nin during his first attempt at seducing her?
(a) She got drunk and passed out.
(b) He thought she was purposely being coy.
(c) She kept talking about her cousin.
(d) He did not know she had a husband.

5. What did Nin vow to never to do in regards to her relationship with Hugo?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Have children with him.
(c) Cheat on him.
(d) Leave him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Miller's feelings began to alter in regards to Nin by May of 1932?

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

3. By May of 1932, what new situation in his life made Miller acutely uncomfortable?

4. Who did Nin allow to read her journal at the end of March?

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

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