Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What happened to Dinesen when she returned to Denmark from her vacation in the city in #169? (from Book Four Pellegrina, Chapters 47-52: Baksheesh; Echoes;)

She got pneumonia.

She got all her old worries back.

She had a nervous breakdown.

She broke a hip.

2.

How did Hans Blixen die? (from Book Two Tania, Chapters 15-20: Sea Change; A Still Country; The Clear Darkness; Safari Life; Lucifer's Child; The Wing of Death)

In an airplane crash.

In a car crash.

A terminal illness.

In a lake.

3.

After the war, Dinesen entered the ___________________ market in the United States. (from Book Three Isak Dinesen, Chapters 37-40: Winter's Tales; Life in a Cage; Heretics; Death of a Centaur)

magazine.

newspaper.

radio.

book.

4.

Which of the following does NOT describe Dinesen upon her return to her parents' home in Denmark? (from Book Three Isak Dinesen, Chapters 33-36: Amor Fati; Seven Gothic Tales; In a Dark Wood; Out of Africa)

Hypersensitive.

Amiable.

Selfish.

Bad-tempered.

5.

Why did Dinesen not feel as if she needed to be faithful to Bror? (from Book Two Tania, Chapters 21-24: Dramatis Personae; Intermezzo; Thomas; Kamante and Lulu)

They had an open marriage.

He declared that he no longer loved her.

He was not faithful to her.

They were divorcing.

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