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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Nin leave a dinner with Hugo to do in March of 1932?
(a) Read a letter from Mansfield.
(b) Took a call from Mansfield.
(c) Took a call from Miller.
(d) Read a letter from Miller.

2. About what does Mansfield object in regards to Miller?
(a) His political ideals.
(b) His views on sex and sensuality.
(c) His adherence to their marriage.
(d) His atheism.

3. What was Nin unable to do for Mansfield in her dream?
(a) Find her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Leave her.
(d) Satisfy her.

4. After Mansfield's departure in January of 1932, where did Nin go to recover?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Berlin.

5. According to Nin, what could she not be if she were a faithful wife?
(a) An artist.
(b) Unhappy.
(c) A tragic figure.
(d) An expert on erotica.

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

7. With whom does Nin attempt to end a relationship in March of 1932?
(a) Mansfield.
(b) Eduardo.
(c) Miller.
(d) Hugo.

8. What revelation did Eduardo make to Nin in the first month of this journal?
(a) He was battling an opium addiction.
(b) He had an affair with her husband.
(c) He was in love with her.
(d) He was repulsed by her actions.

9. What did Perles and Miller both beg of Nin when they meet with her in March?
(a) They begged her to read her work aloud to him.
(b) They begged her to pose for a portrait.
(c) They both wanted her to spend the night with him.
(d) They asked her to leave them alone.

10. By Nin's standards, what outlived reality?
(a) Art.
(b) Sex.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Affection.

11. With whom does Nin find solace when she was at her most insecure in March?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Miller.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Perles.

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

13. Why did Eduardo claim that Nin could not be a lesbian?
(a) Nin was repulsed by other women's bodies.
(b) Nin did not view other women as equals.
(c) Eduardo was attempting to corral Nin for himself.
(d) Nin did not hate men.

14. Why did Hugo start to come home late in October?
(a) He was having an affair.
(b) He was visiting the opium dens.
(c) He was preparing to leave her.
(d) He was testing Nin's patience.

15. Why did Miller want to unmask Nin?
(a) He wanted to tear her down for his own needs.
(b) He wanted to manipulate her out of loving Hugo.
(c) He wanted to write about her.
(d) He wanted to own every aspect of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nin find herself unable to commit to Miller, despite their attraction to each other and compatibility?

2. By what other name Nin often refer to Miller in March?

3. Where did Eduardo and Nin have their first conversation of the book?

4. How did Hugo find out about Nin's affair with John Erskine?

5. Even after their meeting with Perles, how did Miller still view Nin?

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