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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two Tania, Chapters 21-24: Dramatis Personae; Intermezzo; Thomas; Kamante and Lulu.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Dinesen's coffee plantation fail?
(a) Because the plants would not grow in that soil.
(b) Because there was a big fire.
(c) Because of a drought.
(d) Because no one would work for her.

2. What did Bror do while Dinesen was spending time in the city in #78?
(a) Returned to Africa and lived like a playboy.
(b) Visited old friends and family members.
(c) Make business contacts for a new venture.
(d) Went to the horsetracks and casinos.

3. How old was Dinesen in 1906?
(a) 18.
(b) 29.
(c) 14
(d) 21.

4. In 1923 Dinesen's health failed due to Malaria or _________________.
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Syphilis.

5. Dinesen's mother came from a family of ___________________.
(a) self-made millionaires.
(b) sculptors.
(c) musicians.
(d) athletes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some of the first things that Dinesen wrote?

2. In what year did Dinesen accept a marriage proposal?

3. What was Isak Dinesen's home country?

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

5. What did Dinesen begin to do at the age in #37?

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