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

2. What was the motivation behind Miller's tirade about Hugo and Nin's relationship?
(a) He was afraid that Nin would ultimately choose Hugo over himself.
(b) He wanted Nin entirely to himself.
(c) He believed that he could drive Hugo away.
(d) He thought Nin was hurting Hugo unfairly.

3. Which of the following women was Henry not romantically involved with when seeing Nin?
(a) Mansfield.
(b) Natasha.
(c) A Surrealist painter.
(d) A dancer.

4. How did Miller once feel about sex with Nin?
(a) Sex was possession.
(b) Sex was a disease.
(c) Sex was necessary to keep her with him.
(d) Sex was love.

5. 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 not beautiful.
(c) He said she was not a talented writer.
(d) He said she was simply using people.

Short Answer Questions

1. In May, to where did Dr. Allendy accompany Nin?

2. Why did Allendy tell Nin she should put on some weight?

3. How did Allendy and Nin end their final appointment together in June?

4. In May, Nin began to wonder which of the two men (Miller and Allendy) were helping her control her _____.

5. Who contacts Nin in May with the express desire to see her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Allendy characterize Nin's relationships with her lovers?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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