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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 significant about Nin's meeting with Perles and Miller?
(a) Perles immediately hated Nin.
(b) Miller ignored Nin.
(c) Nin refused to talk to either of the men.
(d) Both men wanted her.

2. How did Eduardo feel about Miller?
(a) Loving.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Alienated.
(d) Jealous.

3. Why was Nin unable to eat in front of Mansfield when they met for lunch in January of 1932?
(a) She was hoping to hide her nervous eating habits from Mansfield.
(b) She was too intimidated by Mansfield.
(c) She was annoyed that Mansfield was pregnant.
(d) She was too ill from drinking the night before.

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

5. What did Nin allow Miller to do in March?
(a) Watch her have sex with Hugo.
(b) Slap her.
(c) Read her journal.
(d) Write about their relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Miller claim that Nin needed more of a man than Hugo?

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

3. In March of 1932, where did Nin and Miller meet?

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

5. What did Nin leave a dinner with Hugo to do in March of 1932?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nin's relationship with Eduardo.

2. How did Miller admit to feeling about Nin around March?

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

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

5. How did Nin characterize her relationships with men to Eduardo and why?

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

7. Describe Nin and Miller's first meeting.

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

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

10. How did Perles begin to feel about Nin in March?

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