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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What did Miller admire most about Nin in March?
(a) Her writing talent.
(b) Her ability to juggle many different relationships at once.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her ability to understand the world around her.

5. Who suggested Nin sees a psychoanalyst?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Mansfield.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Miller.

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 would fall for weak men.
(c) She liked to blur the societal gender roles.
(d) She was afraid someone would take advantage of her.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. With whom does Nin attempt to end a relationship in March of 1932?
(a) Miller.
(b) Mansfield.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Hugo.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nin believe about Miller's feelings towards sex?

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

3. Who did Nin allow to read her journal at the end of March?

4. According to Nin, what could she not be if she were a faithful wife?

5. Why did Nin first sleep with Henry Miller?

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