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

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

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

4. How did Perles's suggestion to Nin that she loved Miller more than Mansfield affect Nin?
(a) She grew saddened.
(b) She grew defensive.
(c) She felt emboldened.
(d) She felt alienated from Mansfield.

5. What action did Nin and her guest take at the exhibition?
(a) They danced.
(b) They each painted one of the dancers.
(c) They merely watched.
(d) They drank with the dancers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hugo start to come home late in October?

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

3. When Nin read Miller's new novel in February, how did she feel about it?

4. What was the purpose of the exhibition Nin attended in March?

5. How did Eduardo feel about Miller?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nin's relationship with Eduardo.

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

3. Why did Nin begin to doubt Mansfield's mental stability?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Nin and Miller's first meeting.

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

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