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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Dinesen's native language?
(a) English.
(b) Danish.
(c) French.
(d) German.

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

3. Dinesen found that female students at the Copenhagen Royal Academy ____________________.
(a) dropped out more frequently than males.
(b) were more likely to study on weekends.
(c) swooned easily at their male instructors.
(d) were treated as if they were biding their time until marriage.

4. What did Dinesen and Bror do after Thomas left the farm?
(a) Built a school.
(b) Hired a new foreman.
(c) Sold the farm.
(d) Separated.

5. What subject did Dinesen study at the Copenhagen Royal Academy?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Music.
(c) History.
(d) Art.

6. In what movement did Dinesen become interested?
(a) Education.
(b) Religious.
(c) Feminist.
(d) Healthcare.

7. What did Dinesen begin to do at the age in #37?
(a) Smoked cigarettes.
(b) Went hunting.
(c) Drank alcohol.
(d) Kept a diary.

8. Which friend injected some liveliness into Dinesen's life during this time?
(a) Daisy Frijs.
(b) Dagmar Frielo.
(c) Doris Fitz.
(d) Daphne Findier.

9. Why did Dinesen's maternal family oppose her interest in the men in #25?
(a) They were enemies of the state.
(b) They were not Jewish.
(c) Their philosophies were too radical.
(d) They would never amount to much.

10. What type of family was the person in #39 from?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Royal.
(c) Single parent.
(d) Poor.

11. The aristocratic landowners in Africa considered the natives to be ________________.
(a) warriors.
(b) frightening.
(c) inferior.
(d) magical.

12. Dinesen's relationship with Denys Finch Hatton became a major part of her story ____________________.
(a) Out of Africa.
(b) Tender Is the Night.
(c) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(d) Babbette's Feast.

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

14. What happened to Dinesen after the death of her sister?
(a) She tried to kill herself.
(b) She immersed herself in her studies.
(c) She went into a deep depression.
(d) She and her remaining sister drifted apart.

15. In what type of business was Wilhelm Dinesen involved?
(a) Education.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Manufacturing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city did Dinesen go on a shopping spree after a good harvest in 1918?

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

4. What did Dinesen and her fiance plan to establish in the country in #52?

5. With which relative did Dinesen develop a conflict?

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