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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By May, how did Nin begin to view her journal?
(a) A lifeline.
(b) A vice.
(c) A new lover.
(d) A necessity.

2. About what does Mansfield object in regards to Miller?
(a) His views on sex and sensuality.
(b) His political ideals.
(c) His adherence to their marriage.
(d) His atheism.

3. 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.

4. After Mansfield's departure in January of 1932, where did Nin go to recover?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Vienna.

5. Describe Jean's relationship to Mansfield.
(a) They were sisters.
(b) They were lovers.
(c) They were cousins.
(d) They were rivals for Miller and Nin's affections.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Nin's standards, what outlived reality?

2. How did Miller feel about Hugo?

3. By May of 1932, what was Nin worried about in regards to her personality?

4. Of the following, which was not one of the needs Nin required to be handled by men?

5. How did Nin claim to feel in May when she realized her entire life had become secondary to Miller?

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