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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What type of work kept Denys busy in 1928?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Political campaigning.
(c) Safari guide.
(d) Airline pilot.
2. What caught Denys' attention in 1930?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Yachts.
(c) Cars.
(d) Politics.
3. How closely did Dinesen's stories parallel events and people in her own life?
(a) A few were similar.
(b) They were very similar.
(c) They were exactly alike.
(d) They were not alike at all.
4. What split Dinesen and Denys apart for a while?
(a) Bror.
(b) Her pregnancy.
(c) Her illness.
(d) His travel.
5. How old was Dinesen when she and Bror divorced?
(a) 40.
(b) 27.
(c) 55.
(d) 32.
6. What did Denys spend much of his time doing?
(a) Writing.
(b) Building.
(c) Adventuring.
(d) Teaching.
7. Who was Thorkild Bjornvig?
(a) Dinesen's gardener.
(b) Dinesen's accountant.
(c) Dinesen's chauffeur.
(d) Dinesen's close friend.
8. People around Dinesen interpreted her drug-induced ramblings as __________________.
(a) insanity.
(b) genius.
(c) quaint.
(d) interesting.
9. What is a Gypsy Moth?
(a) An insect.
(b) A drink.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A hobo.
10. What did Dinesen do when it looked as if she would lose the coffee plantation?
(a) She kept on as if nothing was wrong.
(b) She reduced the number of acres harvested.
(c) She let everything go to rot.
(d) She tried to find a buyer.
11. Where did Dinesen live during World War II?
(a) France.
(b) Africa.
(c) Denmark.
(d) England.
12. Which of the following was NOT something that made Bjornvig leave Dinesen?
(a) Her criticism.
(b) Her mood swings.
(c) Her sense of humor.
(d) Her manipulations.
13. Why did Denys take Dinesen to the country in #117?
(a) To vacation.
(b) To visit his family.
(c) To take photographs.
(d) To study.
14. What made Dinesen think about emigrating from Denmark during the war?
(a) Heavy taxation.
(b) Her family.
(c) German occupation.
(d) Her religious beliefs.
15. What was the result of the disease's impact on Dinesen?
(a) She had to have oxygen.
(b) She became very thin.
(c) She was crippled.
(d) She went insane.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Germany come down hard on Denmark during the war?
2. After the war, Dinesen entered the ___________________ market in the United States.
3. What was one of Dinesen's routine activities?
4. What type of surgery did Dinesen have in 1955?
5. When did Dinesen return to the coffee plantation after the trip with Denys?
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