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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. Of the following, which was not one of the needs Nin required to be handled by men?

2. According to Allendy, why did Nin always seek out older men for relationships?

3. What appeared to have been Miller's general attitude toward Nin and Mansfield in regards to his relationship with them?

4. Over love for whom did Nin disagree with Allendy?

5. How did Allendy and Nin end their final appointment together in June?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Dr. Allendy's analysis of Nin's relationships?

2. How did Miller attempt to advance his relationship with Nin in May?

3. What is significant about Nin's realization that she had never given herself fully to another person?

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

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

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

7. Describe Nin's studio at Louveciennes.

8. Why did Mansfield's return worry both Miller and Nin?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After spending four days together in Louveciennes, Miller declared that he and Nin were a married couple, no matter what she (or anyone else) thought. Discuss this statement as being representative of Miller's state of mind at this point and how this revealed his views on relationships, particularly with Nin and his legal wife, Mansfield.

Essay Topic 2

Why was Allendy's relationship with Nin intensely problematic in regards to her personal life, his professional needs, and her need to straighten out her relationships? Discuss the problems that arose from Allendy treating a woman with psychoanalysis for whom he held great affection and attraction, as well as the possibility of Nin purposefully seducing him.

Essay Topic 3

How was Nin's need for validation from many different people (usually men) in her life related to her neuroses, possible Oedipal complex, and her many different lovers? In what ways was this driving need for approval the basis of her relationship with Miller?

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