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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 would divert male attention.
(c) She was too thin.
(d) She was in danger of becoming anorexic.

2. In April, how did Perles' feelings for Nin change?
(a) He fell more in love with her.
(b) He grew to hate her.
(c) He realized he had judged her too harshly at their first meeting.
(d) He decided that she was too sisterly for attraction.

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

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

5. 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) She loved them both too equally to choose between them.
(d) They were the closest she had come to giving herself wholly to another.

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

7. In April of 1932, what did Miller claim to dislike?
(a) Happy couples.
(b) Children.
(c) Overbearing men.
(d) Faithless women.

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

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

10. What fear did both Miller and Nin have with the possible return of Mansfield?
(a) Mansfield would tear them apart.
(b) Mansfield would divorce Miller.
(c) Mansfield would seduce Hugo in retaliation.
(d) Mansfield would take on another lover.

11. Over which lover did Nin began to feel unsure of in May?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Perles.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Mansfield.

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

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

14. Why could Nin no longer feel comfortable in her own home in May?
(a) Miller's absence.
(b) She had kicked Hugo out.
(c) Hugo was ill.
(d) Hugo had a new lover.

15. What did Nin ask of Miller in May?
(a) She asked him to allow her to spend time with Mansfield.
(b) She asked him to impregnate her.
(c) She asked him to write in her journal.
(d) She asked him to break up with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Miller's feelings began to alter in regards to Nin by May of 1932?

2. Who suggested to Nin that she might be losing herself in what was not hers?

3. Of the following, which was not one of the needs Nin required to be handled by men?

4. What request did Nin make of Mansfield in April?

5. In regards to his relationship with Nin, what did Miller desire of Mansfield in April of 1932?

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