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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Nin unable to eat in front of Mansfield when they met for lunch in January of 1932?
(a) She was hoping to hide her nervous eating habits from Mansfield.
(b) She was too intimidated by Mansfield.
(c) She was too ill from drinking the night before.
(d) She was annoyed that Mansfield was pregnant.

2. What was Hugo's main fear when Nin confessed her affair with Miller to him?
(a) He was afraid Miller would get her pregnant.
(b) He was afraid that Miller's wife would attempt to seduce himself out of revenge.
(c) He was afraid she would leave him.
(d) He was afraid Miller would get her sick.

3. How did Hugo feel about Nin's new aspect on life after her meeting with Miller in March?
(a) He felt jealous of losing her affections.
(b) He became introverted.
(c) He resented her.
(d) He enjoyed her openness.

4. What about Nin hurt Hugo more than anything else in the beginning of the journal?
(a) Her indifference.
(b) Her drug addictions.
(c) Her quick temper.
(d) Her affairs.

5. Who did Nin allow to read her journal at the end of March?
(a) Joaquin.
(b) Jean.
(c) Perles.
(d) Hugo.

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

7. Why did Nin think Henry believed her to be more sexually experienced than she actually was?
(a) She had affairs behind Hugo's back.
(b) She was an artist's model.
(c) She was older than his wife.
(d) She was married.

8. What did Nin's dream about Mansfield reveal about the writer herself?
(a) Her ignorance of Mansfield's relationship with Miller.
(b) Her insecurities about Mansfield.
(c) Her hatred for Mansfield.
(d) Her own inability to be satisfied.

9. What was the subject of the book that required Nin to obtain a lawyer?
(a) D.H. Lawrence.
(b) Light erotica.
(c) World War I.
(d) Incest.

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

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

12. What did Nin admit to being frightened by with Miller?
(a) His age.
(b) His politics.
(c) His marriage.
(d) His intensity.

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

14. Of what does Eduardo obsess when it comes to Nin?
(a) Half measures.
(b) His capability as a lover.
(c) Her other relationships.
(d) Sex.

15. What action did Nin and her guest take at the exhibition?
(a) They drank with the dancers.
(b) They danced.
(c) They each painted one of the dancers.
(d) They merely watched.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Nin's allowance of Miller in March affect him?

2. Where did Miller and Mansfield live?

3. What was the purpose of the exhibition Nin attended in March?

4. In March of 1932, where did Nin and Miller meet?

5. According to Nin, what could she not be if she were a faithful wife?

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