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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hugo refer to his and Nin's tumultuous relationship in November?
(a) Utopia.
(b) A divorce.
(c) A funeral dirge.
(d) A honeymoon.

2. What did Nin believe about Miller's feelings towards sex?
(a) Sex was love.
(b) Sex was pointless.
(c) Sex was degrading to both parties.
(d) Sex was about conquering the other person.

3. What did Nin leave a dinner with Hugo to do in March of 1932?
(a) Read a letter from Miller.
(b) Took a call from Miller.
(c) Read a letter from Mansfield.
(d) Took a call from Mansfield.

4. Why did Eduardo feel the way he did about Miller in March?
(a) Nin had abandoned Hugo.
(b) Nin had humiliated Eduardo.
(c) Nin was pregnant.
(d) Nin loved Miller.

5. How did Nin claim she and Mansfield communicated during February of 1932?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Short stories that alluded to their feelings for one another.
(c) Drawings.
(d) They developed a secret language.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nin, why did she try to assume the dominant role in a relationship?

2. What revelation did Eduardo make to Nin in the first month of this journal?

3. Even after their meeting with Perles, how did Miller still view Nin?

4. After meeting Mansfield for lunch, what does Nin conclude about her feelings for the other woman?

5. With what did Nin paper her walls in February while she was in Louveciennes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Eduardo suggest Nin see a psychoanalyst?

2. How did Nin and Miller build their relationship in February?

3. How did Nin and Hugo's relationship improve during the month of March?

4. How did Nin realize that she might be falling in love with Miller in March?

5. Why was Hugo worried about Nin's affair with Miller?

6. How did Nin and Miller's relationship evolve during March?

7. Describe Nin's dream about Mansfield and how it related to her neuroses.

8. What was significant about Nin allowing so many people to read her journal?

9. Why was Eduardo jealous of Miller and frustrated with Nin in March?

10. Why did Hugo hate Mansfield so intensely upon meeting her?

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