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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One Tanne, Chapters 5-8: Three Sisters; The Road to Katholm; Aunt Bess; Art and Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dinesen found that female students at the Copenhagen Royal Academy ____________________.
(a) swooned easily at their male instructors.
(b) were treated as if they were biding their time until marriage.
(c) dropped out more frequently than males.
(d) were more likely to study on weekends.

2. Who did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?
(a) Irma Weisenheimer.
(b) Ingeborg Westenholz.
(c) Inger Stevens.
(d) Inga Westendorff.

3. What was the name of the family home where Dinesen decided to spend time in 1900?
(a) Kathberg.
(b) Kathton.
(c) Katholm.
(d) Kathcart.

4. In what type of business was Wilhelm Dinesen involved?
(a) Education.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Shipping.

5. Who was Andreas Nicolaj Hansen?
(a) Dinesen's tutor.
(b) Dinesen's godfather.
(c) Dinesen's first husband.
(d) Dinesen's great grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what other name was Dinesen called?

2. How old was Dinesen when her father died?

3. Why was Dinesen more attracted to her father's family?

4. Most of Dinesen's work was set in the __________________ or earlier.

5. What was Isak Dinesen's home country?

(see the answer key)

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