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

2. What action did Nin and her guest take at the exhibition?
(a) They drank with the dancers.
(b) They merely watched.
(c) They danced.
(d) They each painted one of the dancers.

3. Through what mutual acquaintance did Nin and Henry Miller meet?
(a) Salvador Dali.
(b) RIchard Osborn.
(c) Anna Navarra.
(d) Eduardo Nin.

4. Why did Hugo start to come home late in October?
(a) He was preparing to leave her.
(b) He was visiting the opium dens.
(c) He was testing Nin's patience.
(d) He was having an affair.

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 beautiful.
(c) She enjoyed his technical skill, but believed he lacked passion.
(d) She found it to be boring.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Eduardo and Nin have their first conversation of the book?

3. Why did Nin first sleep with Henry Miller?

4. How did Nin claim she and Mansfield communicated during February of 1932?

5. What did Nin's dream about Mansfield reveal about the writer herself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Nin's relationship with Eduardo.

5. What were Hugo's insecurities about Nin at the beginning of her journal?

6. Describe Nin and Miller's first meeting.

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

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

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

10. How did Nin feel about Mansfield when she met her?

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