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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. How did Hugo refer to his and Nin's tumultuous relationship in November?

2. With whom does Nin find solace when she was at her most insecure in March?

3. Why did Eduardo feel the way he did about Miller in March?

4. How did Hugo find out about Nin's affair with John Erskine?

5. About what does Mansfield object in regards to Miller?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Miller admit to feeling about Nin around March?

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

4. Why did Nin feel that Henry and Mansfield had caused her to lose her sense of logic?

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

6. What were Hugo's insecurities about Nin at the beginning of her journal?

7. Why did Hugo hate Mansfield so intensely upon meeting her?

8. Describe Nin's relationship with Eduardo.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the implications of Nin's admitted self-censoring of this particular journal? Discuss how this affected not only the readers' perceptions of Nin and her lovers, but of how her censorship can qualify this work as an unedited journal.

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 role of homosexuality in "Henry and June: From a Journal of Love: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin."

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