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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where were Miller and Perles staying in April?
(a) Antoine Martine.
(b) Ste.- Exupery.
(c) Place Cinchy.
(d) Hotel Odeon.

3. Of the following, which was not one of the needs Nin required to be handled by men?
(a) Analysis.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Physical.

4. How had Miller's feelings began to alter in regards to Nin by May of 1932?
(a) He started to hate her free-spiritedness.
(b) He grew resentful of her ability to attract others.
(c) He fell in love with her.
(d) He began to grow disinterested in her.

5. In May, Nin began to wonder which of the two men (Miller and Allendy) were helping her control her _____.
(a) Weight.
(b) Neuroses.
(c) Mental breakdowns.
(d) Depression.

6. What did Miller begin to consider in July, despite Nin's insistence that he not?
(a) Moving to New York.
(b) Leaving Mansfield.
(c) Pursuing another woman.
(d) Giving up writing.

7. What did Nin claim about her love for Miller?
(a) It made her tougher.
(b) It heightened her creativity.
(c) It made her weak.
(d) It allowed her to further experience the world of which she had always dreams.

8. What did Nin vow to never to do in regards to her relationship with Hugo?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Leave him.
(c) Cheat on him.
(d) Have children with him.

9. Who was Miller's polar opposite in regards to reliability with Nin?
(a) Perles.
(b) Eduardo.
(c) Mansfield.
(d) Hugo.

10. How did Nin feel about the equality in her relationship with Miller?
(a) She felt she took advantage of him.
(b) She felt he took too much from her.
(c) She felt he was too meek in his wants.
(d) She felt they were equal partners.

11. What did Miller say in Nin's studio that hurt her feelings in April?
(a) He said she was not beautiful.
(b) He said she was not a talented writer.
(c) He said she was simply using people.
(d) He said she was a bad person for cheating on Hugo.

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

13. What did Eduardo point out to Nin in April of 1932 in regards to her relationship with Miller?
(a) Miller was the only man to whom she ever submitted.
(b) Miller was quite abusive.
(c) Nin regarded Miller like her father.
(d) Miller was manipulating her outrageously.

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

15. How did Nin describe Hugo to Miller when defending him?
(a) Violent.
(b) Unintelligent.
(c) Inarticulate.
(d) Passionate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fear did Perles express to Nin during May?

2. Who contacts Nin in May with the express desire to see her?

3. What did Eduardo fear from Nin in April?

4. What did Nin ask of Miller in May?

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

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