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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. Who contacts Nin in May with the express desire to see her?
(a) Dr. Allendy.
(b) Eduardo.
(c) John.
(d) Mansfield.

2. How did Allendy characterize Hugo?
(a) Nin's child.
(b) Nin's father.
(c) Nin's true love.
(d) Nin's brother.

3. What did Eduardo fear from Nin in April?
(a) Her love.
(b) Her sex.
(c) Her relationship with Hugo.
(d) Her journal.

4. What did Miller say in Nin's studio that hurt her feelings in April?
(a) He said she was a bad person for cheating on Hugo.
(b) He said she was simply using people.
(c) He said she was not beautiful.
(d) He said she was not a talented writer.

5. Why was Miller's dislike (as claimed in April of 1932) hypocritical?
(a) Miller had several children.
(b) Miller and Mansfield were very happy together.
(c) Miller was constantly unfaithful.
(d) Miller was very overbearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Nin feel about the equality in her relationship with Miller?

2. What did Nin ask of Miller in May?

3. How had Nin's romantic love for Hugo changed over the years by her estimation in April?

4. What did Allendy suggest as being the cause of Nin's inferiority complex?

5. Who was Miller's polar opposite in regards to reliability with Nin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Dr. Allendy's analysis of Nin's relationships?

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

4. Describe Nin's discussion about her femininity with Dr. Allendy.

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

6. Why was Nin unable to believe Miller would leave Mansfield for her?

7. How was Miller hypocritical about relationships?

8. How did Perles and Miller's differing loves for Nin start to become problematic around April?

9. Why did Miller tell Nin she was not beautiful?

10. Why did Nin describe her journal as being an addiction?

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