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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. What action did Nin and her guest take at the exhibition?

2. How did Eduardo feel about Miller?

3. Why was Nin unable to eat in front of Mansfield when they met for lunch in January of 1932?

4. Who suggested Nin sees a psychoanalyst?

5. Nin found herself torn between ______ and Mansfield for romantic affection in March.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the exhibition Nin and Hugo attend.

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

4. Describe Nin and Miller's first meeting.

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

6. Why was Eduardo jealous of Miller and frustrated with Nin in March?

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

8. How did Nin realize that she might be falling in love with Miller in March?

9. How did Nin characterize her relationships with men to Eduardo and why?

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the ways in which art infused these people's lives. How did they use art as a basis (and occasional scapegoat) for their personal lives and romantic entanglements? What did this reveal about their personalities?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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