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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. In Part 1, Chapter 7, how old was Helle when Ebbe cheated on Ditlevsen?

2. How long did the birth of Ditlevsen's first child take?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 2, what evening of the week did the Young Artists Club meet?

4. Where did Aksel's parents live?

5. What did Nina's mother do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship did Ditlevsen have with Piet Hein?

2. What was it like for Ditlevsen being married to Viggo?

3. What did Viggo tell Ditlevsen about himself in Chapter 20?

4. Why was Lise not doing well in Part 1, Chapter 12?

5. in Part 1, Chapter 4, what happened after Ditlevsen had lived in the boarding house for a month?

6. What was the new apartment like in Chapter 11?

7. Why was Ditlevsen fired from the State Grain Office?

8. In Chapter 15, what was the apartment like that Ditlevsen rented?

9. Who was Aksel, and why did he and Ditlevsen become engaged and then break up?

10. In Chapter 18, where did Ditlevsen meet Viggo F. Moeller, and what did she think of him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Ditlevsen saw that Editor Brochmann had died, it was "the hardest day of her life" (111). Why was it the hardest day of her life? Why did the information cause depression?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not a biography?

Essay Topic 3

Ditlevsen started writing when she was a child. Why did Ditlevsen start writing? How did writing help her cope with life?

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