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

2. Why did Miller become angry with Nin during his first attempt at seducing her?
(a) He thought she was purposely being coy.
(b) He did not know she had a husband.
(c) She kept talking about her cousin.
(d) She got drunk and passed out.

3. Why did Nin refuse to leave Hugo?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She depends upon him financially.
(c) He is too ill to be left alone.
(d) She is afraid he will kill himself.

4. What was the purpose of the exhibition Nin attended in March?
(a) Naked men were posing for artists.
(b) Naked men and women were painting and dancing.
(c) Naked men danced for money.
(d) Naked women were dancing and having sex.

5. How did Perles's suggestion to Nin that she loved Miller more than Mansfield affect Nin?
(a) She felt alienated from Mansfield.
(b) She grew saddened.
(c) She grew defensive.
(d) She felt emboldened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Miller and Mansfield live?

2. Where did Nin meet Perles and Miller in March?

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

4. According to Nin, what could she not be if she were a faithful wife?

5. When Nin read Miller's new novel in February, how did she feel about it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss Hugo and Nin's relationship in November of 1931.

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

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

6. Why did Eduardo suggest Nin see a psychoanalyst?

7. Describe the exhibition Nin and Hugo attend.

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

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

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

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