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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two Tania, Chapters 15-20: Sea Change; A Still Country; The Clear Darkness; Safari Life; Lucifer's Child; The Wing of Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the aristocratic landowners in Africa feel about Dinesen?
(a) They exiled her.
(b) They were wary of her.
(c) They supported her.
(d) They never accepted her.

2. What was Dinesen's most famous literary work?
(a) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(b) The Sound and the Fury.
(c) Out of Africa.
(d) Babbette's Feast.

3. Dinesen considered the aristocratic landowners to be __________________.
(a) civilized.
(b) political.
(c) advanced.
(d) racists.

4. Dinesen was always interested in writing and ________________.
(a) cooking.
(b) sculpting.
(c) drawing.
(d) riding horses.

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Wilhelm Dinesen?
(a) He went on hunting trips.
(b) He was an editor.
(c) He lived with Native Americans.
(d) He fought in wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dinesen had made a few friends in Africa who were on the ________________ side in the war.

2. In photographs from her childhood, Dinesen appeared to the the _______________ sister.

3. Dinesen became interested in Georg Brandes and ______________________.

4. The person in #39 had a disregard for _________________.

5. How old was Dinesen in 1906?

(see the answer key)

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