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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the subject of the book that required Nin to obtain a lawyer?
(a) World War I.
(b) Light erotica.
(c) D.H. Lawrence.
(d) Incest.

2. According to Nin, why did she try to assume the dominant role in a relationship?
(a) She was too tomboyish to not be dominant.
(b) She was afraid someone would take advantage of her.
(c) She would fall for weak men.
(d) She liked to blur the societal gender roles.

3. About what sexual activity did Nin find herself frequently fantasizing in October?
(a) Orgies.
(b) Fellatio.
(c) Sodomy.
(d) Lesbian intercourse.

4. What was Hugo's main fear when Nin confessed her affair with Miller to him?
(a) He was afraid Miller would get her sick.
(b) He was afraid she would leave him.
(c) He was afraid Miller would get her pregnant.
(d) He was afraid that Miller's wife would attempt to seduce himself out of revenge.

5. How did Miller feel about Nin and Mansfield's relationship in January of 1932?
(a) He began to hate Nin.
(b) He began to hate Mansfield.
(c) He began to feel emasculated by their relationship.
(d) He began to entertain thoughts of living with both women.

6. What did Henry do to Nin that initially repulses her in their first meeting?
(a) He got her drunk.
(b) He flirted with her.
(c) He kissed her.
(d) He refused to shake her hand.

7. Why did Nin refuse to leave Hugo?
(a) He is too ill to be left alone.
(b) She is afraid he will kill himself.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She depends upon him financially.

8. What did Nin believe about Miller's feelings towards sex?
(a) Sex was pointless.
(b) Sex was degrading to both parties.
(c) Sex was about conquering the other person.
(d) Sex was love.

9. Where did Nin meet Perles and Miller in March?
(a) Cafe Rotundo.
(b) Arles.
(c) The Eiffel tower.
(d) Place Clichy.

10. Who was Eduardo's psychoanalyst?
(a) Dr. Sal Dali.
(b) Dr. Freud.
(c) Dr. Allendy.
(d) Dr. Allen Dye.

11. Where did Miller and Mansfield live?
(a) Stratford-upon-Avon.
(b) Valencia.
(c) Exeter.
(d) Henry St. Joint.

12. Fill in the blank: at the end of January, Nin concluded that Mansfield was capable of only generosity and of loving _____.
(a) Hugo.
(b) Nin.
(c) Herself.
(d) Miller.

13. Who did Nin allow to read her journal at the end of March?
(a) Jean.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Perles.
(d) Joaquin.

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

15. What did Nin's dream about Mansfield reveal about the writer herself?
(a) Her insecurities about Mansfield.
(b) Her ignorance of Mansfield's relationship with Miller.
(c) Her hatred for Mansfield.
(d) Her own inability to be satisfied.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Perles feel when Nin went to Miller's bedroom the night they met?

2. Who suggested Nin sees a psychoanalyst?

3. Nin referred to a period of time she spent in a certain city in February of 1932, though never revealed what happened there. What city was this?

4. Through what mutual acquaintance did Nin and Henry Miller meet?

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

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