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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the one thing that Thomas admired about Dinesen?
(a) Her sense of humor.
(b) Her writing.
(c) Her compassion.
(d) Her business sense.

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

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

4. In what year did the Dinesen house burn down?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1904.

5. In which city did Dinesen study art?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) New York.

6. Which of the following does NOT describe Bror?
(a) Boorish.
(b) Racist.
(c) Amiable.
(d) Loud.

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

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

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

10. Dinesen considered the aristocratic landowners to be __________________.
(a) racists.
(b) political.
(c) advanced.
(d) civilized.

11. What was Isak Dinesen's home country?
(a) Norway.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Sweden.

12. The person in #39 reminded Dinesen of __________________.
(a) her aunt.
(b) her father.
(c) her sister.
(d) her roommate.

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

14. How could Dinesen's marriage to Bror be described?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Content.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Unhappy.

15. What could Dinesen not tolerate in Bror?
(a) His religion.
(b) His infidelity.
(c) His political beliefs.
(d) His carelessness with money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dinesen feel when Thomas went away?

2. How did the aristocratic landowners in Africa feel about Dinesen?

3. What was the only activity that Dinesen and Bror enjoyed doing together?

4. With whom did Dinesen fall in love?

5. Who was Thomas?

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