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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. What was the subject of the book that required Nin to obtain a lawyer?
(a) World War I.
(b) Incest.
(c) Light erotica.
(d) D.H. Lawrence.

2. Why did Miller claim that Nin needed more of a man than Hugo?
(a) He saw her as aggressive.
(b) He saw her as passionate.
(c) He saw her as fragile.
(d) He saw her as lonely.

3. In dividing her affections between Miller and Hugo, how did Nin view herself?
(a) Two separate people.
(b) A betrayer of affections.
(c) A phony.
(d) A spy.

4. What did Nin realize her letters to Miller took the place of in March?
(a) Writing in her journal.
(b) Having sex with Hugo.
(c) Talking to Hugo.
(d) Writing a short story.

5. When Nin read Miller's new novel in February, how did she feel about it?
(a) She was annoyed that he included their affair as part of the novel.
(b) She found it to be boring.
(c) She enjoyed his technical skill, but believed he lacked passion.
(d) She found it to be beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Eduardo obsess when it comes to Nin?

2. By Nin's standards, what outlived reality?

3. Why did Hugo start to come home late in October?

4. With whom does Nin find solace when she was at her most insecure in March?

5. What was Eduardo's relationship to Nin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nin juggle her conflicting affections for both Miller and Mansfield in March?

2. Why did Nin begin to doubt Mansfield's mental stability?

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

4. Why did Nin feel that Henry and Mansfield had caused her to lose her sense of logic?

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

6. Describe Nin's relationship with Eduardo.

7. Why was Nin obsessed with sexual fulfillment in October of 1931?

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

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

10. Describe the exhibition Nin and Hugo attend.

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