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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pages 214-274.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Nin realize about her letters from Miler by August?
(a) They were incoherent.
(b) They professed total control over her.
(c) They no longer moved her.
(d) They did not profess true emotions.

2. What realization did Miller have while at Louveciennes?
(a) He wanted Mansfield to come home to him.
(b) He wanted to divorce Mansfield.
(c) He wanted to leave Nin.
(d) He was exhausted by having too many lovers.

3. Why did Eduardo fear Nin in April?
(a) He was afraid Hugo would kill him.
(b) He was afraid her journal would reveal too many secrets about him.
(c) He was afraid he would lose her love.
(d) He was afraid she would get pregnant.

4. What about Hugo's feelings for Nin frighten her?
(a) His love for her.
(b) His temper.
(c) His disappointment in her inability to settle down.
(d) His complete neediness.

5. Over which lover did Nin began to feel unsure of in May?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Mansfield.
(d) Perles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In May, to where did Dr. Allendy accompany Nin?

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

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

4. What was Eduardo's relationship to Nin?

5. Why did Nin find herself unable to commit to Miller, despite their attraction to each other and compatibility?

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