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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 women were dancing and having sex.
(b) Naked men and women were painting and dancing.
(c) Naked men danced for money.
(d) Naked men were posing for artists.

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

3. What did Nin realize her letters to Miller took the place of in March?
(a) Writing in her journal.
(b) Having sex with Hugo.
(c) Writing a short story.
(d) Talking to Hugo.

4. Why did Miller claim that Nin needed more of a man than Hugo?
(a) He saw her as fragile.
(b) He saw her as aggressive.
(c) He saw her as lonely.
(d) He saw her as passionate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hugo refer to his and Nin's tumultuous relationship in November?

2. Who was Eduardo's psychoanalyst?

3. After Mansfield's departure in January of 1932, where did Nin go to recover?

4. According to Nin, why did she try to assume the dominant role in a relationship?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Nin and Miller's first meeting.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Nin initially have sex with Miller?

10. Why did Eduardo suggest Nin see a psychoanalyst?

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