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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. Dinesen's loyalties during the war were on the side of which country?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Italy.
(d) Denmark.

2. Most of Dinesen's work was set in the __________________ or earlier.
(a) twenty first century.
(b) nineteenth century.
(c) eighteenth century.
(d) twentieth century.

3. In what year did Dinesen leave for Africa?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1913.

4. Who became a very close friend to Dinesen in Africa?
(a) The minister's wife.
(b) The gentlemen's club manager.
(c) The native foreman of the plantation.
(d) The shipping office manager.

5. Dinesen had made a few friends in Africa who were on the ________________ side in the war.
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a cherished event in family life when Dinesen was growing up?

2. What was Isak Dinesen's home country?

3. Why did Dinesen's maternal family oppose her interest in the men in #25?

4. In what year did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?

5. In what type of business was Wilhelm Dinesen involved?

(see the answer key)

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