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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Miller and Mansfield live?

2. How did Perles's suggestion to Nin that she loved Miller more than Mansfield affect Nin?

3. What did Nin believe about Miller's feelings towards sex?

4. Who was Nin's guest at the exhibition?

5. Why did Eduardo feel the way he did about Miller in March?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nin and Miller's first meeting.

2. How did Nin and Miller's relationship evolve during March?

3. What was significant about Nin allowing so many people to read her journal?

4. How did Nin feel about Mansfield when she met her?

5. Why did Eduardo suggest Nin see a psychoanalyst?

6. How did Nin realize that she might be falling in love with Miller in March?

7. How did Nin characterize her relationships with men to Eduardo and why?

8. How did Perles begin to feel about Nin in March?

9. Why did Nin begin to doubt Mansfield's mental stability?

10. How did Nin juggle her conflicting affections for both Miller and Mansfield in March?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the differences in Miller and Nin's languages and what it suggested about not only their relationships, but about their personalities. Be sure to also consider the significance of Nin's language becoming coarser like Miller's and what their reactions to her changing manner of speech suggests about the evolution of their relationship.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Nin's many relationships ultimately changed her and why. Be sure to include her non-sexual or romantic relationships in this topic, as well as whether she was aware or satisfied with these changes and why.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the ways in which art infused these people's lives. How did they use art as a basis (and occasional scapegoat) for their personal lives and romantic entanglements? What did this reveal about their personalities?

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