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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 about Nin hurt Hugo more than anything else in the beginning of the journal?
(a) Her drug addictions.
(b) Her indifference.
(c) Her quick temper.
(d) Her affairs.

2. Who was Nin's guest at the exhibition?
(a) Miller.
(b) Eduardo.
(c) Mansfield.
(d) Hugo.

3. Even after their meeting with Perles, how did Miller still view Nin?
(a) Flakey.
(b) Headstrong.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Fragile.

4. Of what was Nin unsure in March in regards to Miller?
(a) She doubted his ability to love her and Mansfield.
(b) She was afraid of his temper.
(c) She doubted his feedback on her work.
(d) She believed she loves him.

5. What did Henry do to Nin that initially repulses her in their first meeting?
(a) He refused to shake her hand.
(b) He got her drunk.
(c) He kissed her.
(d) He flirted with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Miller want to unmask Nin?

2. What was significant about Nin's meeting with Perles and Miller?

3. Why did Nin find herself unable to commit to Miller, despite their attraction to each other and compatibility?

4. Why did Eduardo feel the way he did about Miller in March?

5. What was the subject of the book that required Nin to obtain a lawyer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Nin and Miller's first meeting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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