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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. Describe Miller's love for Nin.

2. Why did Nin ultimately decide she needed analysis in April?

3. Where were Miller and Perles staying in April?

4. To what did Nin agree in April to quell Eduardo's fear?

5. To represent her attachments to both Miller and Eduardo, what did Nin buy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Dr. Allendy believe about the root of Nin's inferiority complex?

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

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

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

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

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

Compare and contrast the many different lovers of Nin throughout the year of this journal (be sure to include June Mansfield). Discuss how their differences caused Nin to love each one differently, as well as how it was related to her need to find complete fulfillment.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways did the inequalities in the romantic relationships between Nin, Miller, Mansfield, and Hugo lead to their extramarital affairs in an attempt to search for their own identities? Why? Did this seem to work for them? Why or why not?

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