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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 fear keeps Nin from taking complete pleasure in having sex with Miller?

2. What did Nin claim about her love for Miller?

3. What did Nin vow to never to do in regards to her relationship with Hugo?

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

5. What did Eduardo point out to Nin in April of 1932 in regards to her relationship with Miller?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Nin's discussion about her femininity with Dr. Allendy.

3. Why was Nin unable to believe Miller would leave Mansfield for her?

4. Why did Nin describe her journal as being an addiction?

5. Describe Nin's studio at Louveciennes.

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

7. What was problematic about Nin's agreement to Eduardo in regards to her journal?

8. Why did Miller tell Nin she was not beautiful?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Nin's relationship with her family and how it had affected her romantic partnerships.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Nin from the beginning of her journal to the end, from her changes in personality to her changes in lovers. Trace her personal journey from the beginning to the end and what it revealed about the woman herself.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the differences in Miller and Nin's languages and what it suggested about not only their relationships, but about their personalities. Be sure to also consider the significance of Nin's language becoming coarser like Miller's and what their reactions to her changing manner of speech suggests about the evolution of their relationship.

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