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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the war, Dinesen's health disintegrated due to age and ___________________.
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Cancer.

2. What did Dinesen's family help her do that was a positive thing?
(a) Establish a school.
(b) Buy a home in Denmark.
(c) Re-established her literary career.
(d) Start a jewelry business.

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

4. What was Dinesen forced to do in December of 1930?
(a) Have gallbladder surgery.
(b) Cut back on coffee production.
(c) Borrow money from her father.
(d) Auctioned the plantation.

5. After the war, Dinesen became involved with a movement of young ___________________.
(a) business people.
(b) spiritualists.
(c) authors and poets.
(d) politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dinesen become addicted to in the 1950s?

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Denys?

3. What was the name of the book which Dinesen worked on during World War II?

4. What was the state of Dinesen's marriage to Bror during this time?

5. Durind Dinesen's time, competing with a man was considered to be ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Dinesen feel that Bjornvig needed to suffer through his studies in Germany?

2. How did Dinesen fare when trying to run the coffee plantation on her own and why was her temporary return to Denmark not a positive move for her?

3. Explain why Dinesen's sensibilities and interests slot her work as Romanticism.

4. How did Dinesen's relationship with Denys initially work well for both of them?

5. How did Dinesen's pregnancy split her relationship with Denys and what reunited them?

6. In what ways was Dinesen alienated from her own people during the war?

7. Who was Thorkild Bjornvig, and what role did he play in Dinesen's life?

8. How does the New Year's Day killing of two lions differ in reality from the way Dinesen portrayed it in "outof Africa"?

9. What are some reasons that Dinesen's work was so well received during her lifetime?

10. How was Dinesen conflicted about which role to pursue in her life?

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