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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. Which lover caused Nin the most anxiety?
(a) Mansfield.
(b) Miller.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Eduardo.

2. What was always capable of grabbing Nin's attention, no matter how exhausted she was?
(a) Letters from Mansfield.
(b) Her love for Miller.
(c) Miller's manuscripts.
(d) Her journal.

3. What was significant about Nin's feelings for both Hugo and Miller?
(a) She feared both of them.
(b) They were the closest she had come to giving herself wholly to another.
(c) She knew she was torturing both of them with her indecision.
(d) She loved them both too equally to choose between them.

4. By May, how did Nin begin to view her journal?
(a) A vice.
(b) A necessity.
(c) A new lover.
(d) A lifeline.

5. Where were Miller and Perles staying in April?
(a) Antoine Martine.
(b) Ste.- Exupery.
(c) Hotel Odeon.
(d) Place Cinchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Miller's dislike (as claimed in April of 1932) hypocritical?

2. Of the following, which was not one of the needs Nin required to be handled by men?

3. In April of 1932, what did Miller claim to dislike?

4. According to Miller, Nin gave him everything while he gave her _____.

5. What did Miller begin to consider in July, despite Nin's insistence that he not?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mansfield's return worry both Miller and Nin?

2. What revitalized Hugo and Nin's relationship in May?

3. Why was Nin firm about her commitment that she would always choose Hugo over Miller?

4. Why did Nin ultimately decide she needed analysis after her time with Miller and Perles at Louveciennes?

5. In what ways did Perles Miller's love for Nin in June and how did she counter his claims?

6. How did Miller tell Nin he felt about her husband?

7. How did Miller and Nin's relationship start to change in June?

8. What is significant about Nin's realization that she had never given herself fully to another person?

9. How was Nin deluding herself in her relationship with Miller?

10. Describe Nin's reflections about her relationship to Hugo at the end of April.

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