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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Nin referred to a period of time she spent in a certain city in February of 1932, though never revealed what happened there. What city was this?
(a) Rome.
(b) St. Tropez.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

3. What did Nin realize her letters to Miller took the place of in March?
(a) Talking to Hugo.
(b) Writing a short story.
(c) Writing in her journal.
(d) Having sex with Hugo.

4. When Nin read Miller's new novel in February, how did she feel about it?
(a) She found it to be boring.
(b) She found it to be beautiful.
(c) She was annoyed that he included their affair as part of the novel.
(d) She enjoyed his technical skill, but believed he lacked passion.

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

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

7. In what year did "Henry and June" begin?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1932.

8. How did Perles feel when Nin went to Miller's bedroom the night they met?
(a) He felt jealous.
(b) He felt sorry for Mansfield.
(c) He felt angry at Nin.
(d) He was indifferent.

9. Who was Eduardo's psychoanalyst?
(a) Dr. Freud.
(b) Dr. Sal Dali.
(c) Dr. Allen Dye.
(d) Dr. Allendy.

10. By what other name Nin often refer to Miller in March?
(a) Salvador.
(b) Perles.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Erskine.

11. Fill in the blank: at the end of January, Nin concluded that Mansfield was capable of only generosity and of loving _____.
(a) Miller.
(b) Herself.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Nin.

12. 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.

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

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

15. How did Hugo find out about Nin's affair with John Erskine?
(a) He read her journal.
(b) He found the gifts Erskine had given her.
(c) Erskine's wife confronted Hugo when she saw him at a museum.
(d) Erskine wrote him a letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nin found herself torn between ______ and Mansfield for romantic affection in March.

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

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

4. By Nin's standards, what outlived reality?

5. How did Nin claim she and Mansfield communicated during February of 1932?

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