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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Allendy tell Nin she should put on some weight?
(a) She would feel more feminine.
(b) She was in danger of becoming anorexic.
(c) She was too thin.
(d) She would divert male attention.

2. How did Allendy and Nin end their final appointment together in June?
(a) A kiss.
(b) Drinks.
(c) A hug.
(d) Sex.

3. How did Nin claim to feel in May when she realized her entire life had become secondary to Miller?
(a) Honest.
(b) Cleansed.
(c) Forgotten.
(d) Lonely.

4. In what way did Miller verbally express his love for Nin?
(a) He told her he needed to write a story about her.
(b) He told her she needed to become more assertive.
(c) He told her he needed to own her.
(d) He told her she needed to leave him for his own good.

5. What was the primary subject when Nin visited Dr. Allendy?
(a) Her books.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her decision to leave America.
(d) Her relationships.

6. Whose books did Nin specifically keep in her studio?
(a) D.H. Lawrence.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Nathaniel Hathorne.

7. What request did Nin make of Mansfield in April?
(a) Nin asked her to divorce Miller.
(b) Nin asked to have a monogamous relationship with her.
(c) Nin asked her to come home.
(d) Nin asked her to run away with her.

8. With what did Hugo begin to experiment in May of 1932?
(a) Opium.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Men.

9. Why did Nin ultimately decide she needed analysis in April?
(a) She was hoping to start over with her lovers.
(b) Her relationships cause her too much pain.
(c) She was afraid of men.
(d) She was starting to feel isolated from everyone else.

10. Over love for whom did Nin disagree with Allendy?
(a) Allendy himself.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Mansfield.

11. What was significant about Nin's feelings for both Hugo and Miller?
(a) She feared both of them.
(b) She knew she was torturing both of them with her indecision.
(c) They were the closest she had come to giving herself wholly to another.
(d) She loved them both too equally to choose between them.

12. With what activity did Nin express occasional shame?
(a) Masturbation.
(b) Smoking opium.
(c) Menstruation.
(d) Drinking.

13. How did Miller feel about Hugo?
(a) He felt Hugo was his equal.
(b) He felt Hugo deserved better than Nin.
(c) He felt Hugo was a brute.
(d) He felt Hugo was inferior.

14. How did Miller once feel about sex with Nin?
(a) Sex was possession.
(b) Sex was necessary to keep her with him.
(c) Sex was a disease.
(d) Sex was love.

15. What did Nin allow Miller and Perles to do in her studio?
(a) Drink her wine.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Eat her food.
(d) Read her journals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nin claim about her love for Miller?

2. Why could Nin no longer feel comfortable in her own home in May?

3. What appeared to have been Miller's general attitude toward Nin and Mansfield in regards to his relationship with them?

4. What was always capable of grabbing Nin's attention, no matter how exhausted she was?

5. What part of her body did Nin show Allendy in May?

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