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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pages 53-107; March 1932.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Eduardo feel the way he did about Miller in March?
(a) Nin loved Miller.
(b) Nin had abandoned Hugo.
(c) Nin was pregnant.
(d) Nin had humiliated Eduardo.

2. Why did Miller claim that Nin needed more of a man than Hugo?
(a) He saw her as lonely.
(b) He saw her as passionate.
(c) He saw her as aggressive.
(d) He saw her as fragile.

3. With what did Nin paper her walls in February while she was in Louveciennes?
(a) Her own poetry.
(b) Mansfield's writings.
(c) Hugo's early love letters to her.
(d) Miller's letters.

4. What was Eduardo's relationship to Nin?
(a) Stepfather.
(b) Nephew.
(c) Brother.
(d) Cousin.

5. Through what mutual acquaintance did Nin and Henry Miller meet?
(a) Salvador Dali.
(b) Anna Navarra.
(c) RIchard Osborn.
(d) Eduardo Nin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nin think Henry believed her to be more sexually experienced than she actually was?

2. About what sexual activity did Nin find herself frequently fantasizing in October?

3. Who was Eduardo's psychoanalyst?

4. According to Nin, why did she try to assume the dominant role in a relationship?

5. How did Hugo feel about June Mansfield when he first met her?

(see the answer key)

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