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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following women was Henry not romantically involved with when seeing Nin?
(a) Mansfield.
(b) A dancer.
(c) A Surrealist painter.
(d) Natasha.

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

4. What fear keeps Nin from taking complete pleasure in having sex with Miller?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Fear of pregnancy.
(c) Longing for Mansfield.
(d) Guilt.

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. Why did Eduardo fear Nin in April?
(a) He was afraid he would lose her love.
(b) He was afraid she would get pregnant.
(c) He was afraid Hugo would kill him.
(d) He was afraid her journal would reveal too many secrets about him.

7. According to Allendy, why did Nin always seek out older men for relationships?
(a) She hoped older men would fund her lifestyle.
(b) She was trying to gain her father's love.
(c) She finds younger men too threatening.
(d) She was hoping to outlive them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. By May of 1932, what was Nin worried about in regards to her personality?
(a) Her masculine traits.
(b) Her indecision.
(c) Her temper.
(d) Her meekness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over which lover did Nin began to feel unsure of in May?

2. Describe Miller's love for Nin.

3. In April of 1932, who did Nin claim she would always choose above her other lovers?

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

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

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