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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One Tanne, Chapters 5-8: Three Sisters; The Road to Katholm; Aunt Bess; Art and Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Dinesen's older sister?
(a) Irma.
(b) Ingeborg.
(c) Inga.
(d) Inger.

2. Why did Wilhelm Dinesen kill himself?
(a) He contracted a debilitating disease.
(b) His wife left him.
(c) He was in a public scandal.
(d) His business failed.

3. What was the wish that Dinesen's aunt had for Dinesen?
(a) To get married.
(b) To get a Masters degree.
(c) To compose an opera.
(d) To become a doctor.

4. How old was Dinesen when her father died?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 17.

5. In what year was the work in #6 created?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?

2. Dinesen found that female students at the Copenhagen Royal Academy ____________________.

3. Most of Dinesen's work was set in the __________________ or earlier.

4. Dinesen became interested in Georg Brandes and ______________________.

5. Who was Dinesen's younger sister?

(see the answer key)

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