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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. Why did Eduardo claim that Nin could not be a lesbian?

2. Why did Nin refuse to leave Hugo?

3. Why did Nin first sleep with Henry Miller?

4. Of what was Nin unsure in March in regards to Miller?

5. Describe Jean's relationship to Mansfield.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nin feel about Mansfield when she met her?

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

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

4. Why did Nin initially have sex with Miller?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the exhibition Nin and Hugo attend.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Miller's sexism and possessive jealousy of Nin, as well as how it related to his relationship with Mansfield and, eventually, friendship with Hugo.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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