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

2. Why did Nin think Henry believed her to be more sexually experienced than she actually was?
(a) She was married.
(b) She had affairs behind Hugo's back.
(c) She was older than his wife.
(d) She was an artist's model.

3. Why did Miller want to unmask Nin?
(a) He wanted to tear her down for his own needs.
(b) He wanted to own every aspect of her.
(c) He wanted to write about her.
(d) He wanted to manipulate her out of loving Hugo.

4. According to Nin, why did she try to assume the dominant role in a relationship?
(a) She would fall for weak men.
(b) She liked to blur the societal gender roles.
(c) She was too tomboyish to not be dominant.
(d) She was afraid someone would take advantage of her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry do to Nin that initially repulses her in their first meeting?

2. How did Miller feel about Nin and Mansfield's relationship in January of 1932?

3. About what does Mansfield object in regards to Miller?

4. How did Eduardo feel about Miller?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nin and Miller's first meeting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Nin initially have sex with Miller?

(see the answer keys)

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