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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the motivation behind Miller's tirade about Hugo and Nin's relationship?
(a) He wanted Nin entirely to himself.
(b) He believed that he could drive Hugo away.
(c) He thought Nin was hurting Hugo unfairly.
(d) He was afraid that Nin would ultimately choose Hugo over himself.

2. What marked the moment in June in which Miller realized Nin was becoming stronger and coarser in words?
(a) He was unable to make love to her.
(b) Nin grew angry at him for possessive tendencies.
(c) Nin slept with Perles.
(d) Mansfield left him.

3. What part of her body did Nin show Allendy in May?
(a) Her vagina.
(b) Her thighs.
(c) Her breasts.
(d) Her back.

4. According to Nin in July, what was destined to happen between Miller and herself?
(a) They would end their relationship violently.
(b) He would grow bored with her.
(c) He would go back to Mansfield.
(d) He would lose her.

5. Why was Miller's dislike (as claimed in April of 1932) hypocritical?
(a) Miller was very overbearing.
(b) Miller was constantly unfaithful.
(c) Miller and Mansfield were very happy together.
(d) Miller had several children.

6. What was always capable of grabbing Nin's attention, no matter how exhausted she was?
(a) Her love for Miller.
(b) Her journal.
(c) Letters from Mansfield.
(d) Miller's manuscripts.

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

8. Which lover caused Nin the most anxiety?
(a) Miller.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Mansfield.

9. What did Allendy predict would keep Nin unhappy?
(a) Denying her homosexuality.
(b) Being with Miller.
(c) Not being herself.
(d) Writing in her journal.

10. In April of 1932, who did Nin claim she would always choose above her other lovers?
(a) Mansfield.
(b) Herself.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Hugo.

11. When Miller's remarks hurt Nin when they were at her studio with Perles, what were his intentions behind saying them?
(a) He was trying to tell her he was attracted to her mind, not her body.
(b) He was trying to keep Perles from falling in love with her.
(c) He was trying to hurt her enough so that she would sleep with Perles.
(d) He was trying to denigrate her so that he could focus on Mansfield.

12. How did Allendy characterize Hugo?
(a) Nin's father.
(b) Nin's brother.
(c) Nin's true love.
(d) Nin's child.

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

14. In regards to his relationship with Nin, what did Miller desire of Mansfield in April of 1932?
(a) He wanted her to divorce him.
(b) He wanted her to start a relationship with Hugo to distract him.
(c) He did not want her to come home.
(d) He wanted her to have his child.

15. How had Nin's romantic love for Hugo changed over the years by her estimation in April?
(a) She felt he was more of a brother to her now.
(b) She felt she was more in love with him than she ever had been.
(c) She was beginning to hate Hugo on some level.
(d) She saw Hugo as a father figure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Allendy and Nin end their final appointment together in June?

2. In May, Nin began to wonder which of the two men (Miller and Allendy) were helping her control her _____.

3. According to Allendy, why did Nin always seek out older men for relationships?

4. How did Miller once feel about sex with Nin?

5. What did Allendy suggest as being the cause of Nin's inferiority complex?

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