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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Nin claim to feel in May when she realized her entire life had become secondary to Miller?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Cleansed.
(c) Forgotten.
(d) Honest.

2. Where was Mansfield staying in April of 1932?
(a) Vienna.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Berlin.

3. According to Miller, Nin gave him everything while he gave her _____.
(a) Nothing.
(b) His writing.
(c) His love.
(d) A little.

4. What did Eduardo point out to Nin in April of 1932 in regards to her relationship with Miller?
(a) Miller was quite abusive.
(b) Miller was the only man to whom she ever submitted.
(c) Nin regarded Miller like her father.
(d) Miller was manipulating her outrageously.

5. Why could Nin no longer feel comfortable in her own home in May?
(a) Hugo was ill.
(b) Miller's absence.
(c) She had kicked Hugo out.
(d) Hugo had a new lover.

6. What did Nin claim about her love for Miller?
(a) It allowed her to further experience the world of which she had always dreams.
(b) It heightened her creativity.
(c) It made her tougher.
(d) It made her weak.

7. How did Miller feel about Hugo?
(a) He felt Hugo deserved better than Nin.
(b) He felt Hugo was a brute.
(c) He felt Hugo was his equal.
(d) He felt Hugo was inferior.

8. What did Allendy initially believe was at the heart of Nin's problem?
(a) She was incapable of loving anyone.
(b) She had an Oedipal complex.
(c) She was raped at an early age.
(d) She refused to accept her homosexuality.

9. What fear keeps Nin from taking complete pleasure in having sex with Miller?
(a) Longing for Mansfield.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Fear of pregnancy.
(d) Guilt.

10. Who contacts Nin in May with the express desire to see her?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Dr. Allendy.
(c) John.
(d) Mansfield.

11. How had Nin's romantic love for Hugo changed over the years by her estimation in April?
(a) She saw Hugo as a father figure.
(b) She felt she was more in love with him than she ever had been.
(c) She felt he was more of a brother to her now.
(d) She was beginning to hate Hugo on some level.

12. To represent her attachments to both Miller and Eduardo, what did Nin buy?
(a) Two bracelets.
(b) Two belts.
(c) Two brassieres.
(d) Two scarves.

13. What was always capable of grabbing Nin's attention, no matter how exhausted she was?
(a) Letters from Mansfield.
(b) Her love for Miller.
(c) Her journal.
(d) Miller's manuscripts.

14. What did Miller begin to consider in July, despite Nin's insistence that he not?
(a) Giving up writing.
(b) Moving to New York.
(c) Leaving Mansfield.
(d) Pursuing another woman.

15. How did Allendy and Nin end their final appointment together in June?
(a) A hug.
(b) A kiss.
(c) Drinks.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nin vow to never to do in regards to her relationship with Hugo?

2. According to Nin in July, what was destined to happen between Miller and herself?

3. What did Eduardo fear from Nin in April?

4. In April of 1932, who did Nin claim she would always choose above her other lovers?

5. Where was Nin's studio?

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