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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Eduardo feel the way he did about Miller in March?
(a) Nin loved Miller.
(b) Nin had abandoned Hugo.
(c) Nin had humiliated Eduardo.
(d) Nin was pregnant.

2. How did Hugo feel about Nin's new aspect on life after her meeting with Miller in March?
(a) He resented her.
(b) He became introverted.
(c) He enjoyed her openness.
(d) He felt jealous of losing her affections.

3. In dividing her affections between Miller and Hugo, how did Nin view herself?
(a) A betrayer of affections.
(b) A phony.
(c) Two separate people.
(d) A spy.

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

5. Who was Nin's guest at the exhibition?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Mansfield.
(c) Miller.
(d) Hugo.

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

7. What revelation did Eduardo make to Nin in the first month of this journal?
(a) He was in love with her.
(b) He was battling an opium addiction.
(c) He had an affair with her husband.
(d) He was repulsed by her actions.

8. Why did Nin think Henry believed her to be more sexually experienced than she actually was?
(a) She was married.
(b) She was an artist's model.
(c) She was older than his wife.
(d) She had affairs behind Hugo's back.

9. When Nin read Miller's new novel in February, how did she feel about it?
(a) She enjoyed his technical skill, but believed he lacked passion.
(b) She found it to be boring.
(c) She was annoyed that he included their affair as part of the novel.
(d) She found it to be beautiful.

10. Of what does Eduardo obsess when it comes to Nin?
(a) Her other relationships.
(b) Sex.
(c) Half measures.
(d) His capability as a lover.

11. Where did Eduardo and Nin have their first conversation of the book?
(a) Paris.
(b) Saint-Martin.
(c) Louveciennes.
(d) Saint-Barthelemy.

12. What about Nin hurt Hugo more than anything else in the beginning of the journal?
(a) Her indifference.
(b) Her drug addictions.
(c) Her quick temper.
(d) Her affairs.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nin, why did she try to assume the dominant role in a relationship?

2. Why was Nin unable to eat in front of Mansfield when they met for lunch in January of 1932?

3. What action did Nin and her guest take at the exhibition?

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

5. How did Hugo refer to his and Nin's tumultuous relationship in November?

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