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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. By Nin's standards, what outlived reality?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Affection.
(c) Sex.
(d) Art.

2. Who suggested Nin sees a psychoanalyst?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Mansfield.
(d) Miller.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action did Nin and her guest take at the exhibition?

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

3. What did Nin admit to being frightened by with Miller?

4. How did Eduardo feel about Miller?

5. Through what mutual acquaintance did Nin and Henry Miller meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Nin and Miller's first meeting.

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the exhibition Nin and Hugo attend.

10. Describe Nin's relationship with Eduardo.

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