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

2. What did Nin's dream about Mansfield reveal about the writer herself?
(a) Her ignorance of Mansfield's relationship with Miller.
(b) Her own inability to be satisfied.
(c) Her insecurities about Mansfield.
(d) Her hatred for Mansfield.

3. Why did Eduardo feel the way he did about Miller in March?
(a) Nin loved Miller.
(b) Nin had abandoned Hugo.
(c) Nin was pregnant.
(d) Nin had humiliated Eduardo.

4. According to Nin, what did Henry and Mansfield destroy in her?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Love.
(c) Logic.
(d) Understanding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what did Nin paper her walls in February while she was in Louveciennes?

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

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

4. In dividing her affections between Miller and Hugo, how did Nin view herself?

5. When analyzing Mansfield's stories, what doubts does Nin begin to feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Nin's relationship with Eduardo.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Nin initially have sex with Miller?

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

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