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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After meeting Mansfield for lunch, what does Nin conclude about her feelings for the other woman?

2. Why did Nin first sleep with Henry Miller?

3. What was Eduardo's relationship to Nin?

4. In dividing her affections between Miller and Hugo, how did Nin view herself?

5. What did Nin admit to being frightened by with Miller?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Nin and Miller build their relationship in February?

3. How did Nin and Hugo's relationship improve during the month of March?

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

5. How did Perles begin to feel about Nin in March?

6. Discuss Hugo and Nin's relationship in November of 1931.

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

8. Why did Nin initially have sex with Miller?

9. How did Nin and Miller's relationship evolve during March?

10. How did Nin juggle her conflicting affections for both Miller and Mansfield in March?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using Miller's statements to Nin about her attractiveness and how he believed she gave him so much more than he gave her, construct an essay on the role of honesty in the lives of these people and how it affected their relationships.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways did the inequalities in the romantic relationships between Nin, Miller, Mansfield, and Hugo lead to their extramarital affairs in an attempt to search for their own identities? Why? Did this seem to work for them? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the journal's title in relation to Nin's many different romantic relationships. Focus on the different aspects of love as seen through her eyes, as well as how this changed throughout her affair with Miller.

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