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

2. What was the motivation behind Miller's tirade about Hugo and Nin's relationship?

3. How did Nin describe Hugo to Miller when defending him?

4. Why was Miller's dislike (as claimed in April of 1932) hypocritical?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Miller and Nin's relationship start to change in June?

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

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

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

7. Why was Nin unhappy in her home and with Hugo by May?

8. In what ways did Perles Miller's love for Nin in June and how did she counter his claims?

9. How was Miller hypocritical about relationships?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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.

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