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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three Isak Dinesen, Chapters 37-40: Winter's Tales; Life in a Cage; Heretics; Death of a Centaur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what country did Dinesen and her fiance plan to move?
(a) Kenya.
(b) India.
(c) China.
(d) England.

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

3. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?
(a) His twin brother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His school friend.

4. What were some of the first things that Dinesen wrote?
(a) Essays.
(b) Poems.
(c) Nursery rhymes.
(d) Little plays.

5. In what year did Dinesen turn 50?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1947

Short Answer Questions

1. Dinesen never wanted to be like _________________.

2. Many of Dinesen's stories during this period address ______________________.

3. What was one of Dinesen's routine activities?

4. What did Bror do while Dinesen was spending time in the city in #78?

5. What disease was Dinesen suffering from when she left Africa?

(see the answer key)

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