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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of Dinesen's younger brother who enlisted in the Danish army?
2. What was the one thing that Thomas admired about Dinesen?
3. Who proposed marriage to Dinesen?
4. Which pet of Dinesen's died during this period?
5. Dinesen's loyalties during the war were on the side of which country?
Short Essay Questions
1. What decision did Dinesen make to end her period of indecisiveness?
2. What are some reasons that Dinesen would have liked going on safari?
3. In addition to diseases, what were some of the losses that Dinesen suffered in her life that made her health fail in 1923?
4. How did Dinesen and Bror celebrate in Paris after a good coffee harvest in 1918?
5. How did Hans Blixen's rejection of Dinesen ironically work in her favor in terms of what her Aunt Bess wanted for her?
6. What was the nature of Dinesen's relationship with her father and how did she address her feelings of loss after his death many years later?
7. What type of writing did Dinesen produce as a young woman, and what pen name did she use?
8. When and where was Isak Dinesen born and by what other names was she known?
9. How could Dinesen's writing style best be characterized, and what was her most famous literary work?
10. Why did Dinesen not feel any remorse about having an affair with Denys Finch Hatton?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who was Thorkild Bjornvig and what role did he play in Isak Dinesen's life? Why was Bjornvig so important to Dinesen? Why did the relationship between the two end so disastrously?
Essay Topic 2
Project a life for Isak Dinesen which she would have had if Hans Blixen had returned her romantic affection? How would her life had extended? How would her life have been different if she had entered into a marriage of love and not one of convenience?
Essay Topic 3
It is said that a writer writes what he knows and an artist creates what he knows. What does this statement mean? Did Dinesen write about what she knew? Give three examples to support your answer.
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