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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. Who suggested to Nin that she might be losing herself in what was not hers?

2. By May of 1932, what was Nin worried about in regards to her personality?

3. In April of 1932, what did Miller claim to dislike?

4. In May, Nin began to wonder which of the two men (Miller and Allendy) were helping her control her _____.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nin ultimately decide she needed analysis after her time with Miller and Perles at Louveciennes?

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

3. Describe the double standards in Miller and Nin's relationship.

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

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

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

7. How was Nin deluding herself in her relationship with Miller?

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

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

10. What revitalized Hugo and Nin's relationship in May?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Nin's initial intimidation and fear of Miller infuse their relationship from beginning to end? How was this related to Miller's seduction of Nin, as well as his later inability to perform in bed? What does this ultimately reveal about Miller's more possessive, sexist tendencies?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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