View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By May of 1932, what new situation in his life made Miller acutely uncomfortable?
(a) The doctor told him he had to stop drinking.
(b) Fame.
(c) Mansfield was pregnant.
(d) He had been arrested.

2. In May, to where did Dr. Allendy accompany Nin?
(a) Hugo's father's funeral.
(b) A public reading of Miller's.
(c) The ballet.
(d) Joaquin's piano recital.

3. How had Miller's feelings began to alter in regards to Nin by May of 1932?
(a) He began to grow disinterested in her.
(b) He started to hate her free-spiritedness.
(c) He grew resentful of her ability to attract others.
(d) He fell in love with her.

4. What was the primary subject when Nin visited Dr. Allendy?
(a) Her books.
(b) Her relationships.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her decision to leave America.

5. According to Nin in July, what was destined to happen between Miller and herself?
(a) He would lose her.
(b) They would end their relationship violently.
(c) He would grow bored with her.
(d) He would go back to Mansfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. By May of 1932, what was Nin worried about in regards to her personality?

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

3. What fear did Perles express to Nin during May?

4. How did Miller once feel about sex with Nin?

5. Whose books did Nin specifically keep in her studio?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How was Miller hypocritical about relationships?

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

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

7. What did Dr. Allendy believe about the root of Nin's inferiority complex?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,110 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample