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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Perles feel when Nin went to Miller's bedroom the night they met?
(a) He was indifferent.
(b) He felt sorry for Mansfield.
(c) He felt jealous.
(d) He felt angry at Nin.

2. Why did Hugo start to come home late in October?
(a) He was visiting the opium dens.
(b) He was testing Nin's patience.
(c) He was preparing to leave her.
(d) He was having an affair.

3. How did Hugo refer to his and Nin's tumultuous relationship in November?
(a) Utopia.
(b) A divorce.
(c) A honeymoon.
(d) A funeral dirge.

4. How did Nin claim she and Mansfield communicated during February of 1932?
(a) Short stories that alluded to their feelings for one another.
(b) Dreams.
(c) They developed a secret language.
(d) Drawings.

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

6. 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.

7. After their meeting in March, what was Nin happy to do for him?
(a) Break off her relationship with Mansfield.
(b) Divorce Hugo.
(c) Submit.
(d) Write.

8. With what did Nin paper her walls in February while she was in Louveciennes?
(a) Her own poetry.
(b) Mansfield's writings.
(c) Hugo's early love letters to her.
(d) Miller's letters.

9. What was Nin unable to do for Mansfield in her dream?
(a) Leave her.
(b) Satisfy her.
(c) Find her.
(d) Kill her.

10. 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 that Miller's wife would attempt to seduce himself out of revenge.
(c) He was afraid Miller would get her pregnant.
(d) He was afraid she would leave him.

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

12. What was Eduardo's relationship to Nin?
(a) Nephew.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Stepfather.
(d) Brother.

13. Nin found herself torn between ______ and Mansfield for romantic affection in March.
(a) Jean.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Miller.

14. Of what was Nin unsure in March in regards to Miller?
(a) She was afraid of his temper.
(b) She doubted his feedback on her work.
(c) She believed she loves him.
(d) She doubted his ability to love her and Mansfield.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Even after their meeting with Perles, how did Miller still view Nin?

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

3. Why did Miller become angry with Nin during his first attempt at seducing her?

4. With whom does Nin attempt to end a relationship in March of 1932?

5. Why did Miller want to unmask Nin?

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