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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. If Nin should ever lose Miller, what did she claim would no longer be necessary?
(a) Love.
(b) Fear.
(c) Analysis.
(d) Sex.

4. According to Miller, Nin gave him everything while he gave her _____.
(a) A little.
(b) His writing.
(c) His love.
(d) Nothing.

5. By May of 1932, what new situation in his life made Miller acutely uncomfortable?
(a) Mansfield was pregnant.
(b) He had been arrested.
(c) Fame.
(d) The doctor told him he had to stop drinking.

6. Describe Miller's love for Nin.
(a) Emotional.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Physical.
(d) Mental.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. To what did Nin agree in April to quell Eduardo's fear?
(a) She would keep Hugo from hurting him.
(b) She would never leave him, even if she stopped loving him.
(c) She would partially censor her journal for him.
(d) She would never intentionally get pregnant.

14. What did Eduardo fear from Nin in April?
(a) Her sex.
(b) Her love.
(c) Her journal.
(d) Her relationship with Hugo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nin ask of Miller in May?

2. In April, how did Perles' feelings for Nin change?

3. With what activity did Nin express occasional shame?

4. In May, to where did Dr. Allendy accompany Nin?

5. How did Allendy characterize Hugo?

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