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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two Tania, Chapters 21-24: Dramatis Personae; Intermezzo; Thomas; Kamante and Lulu.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some of Dinesen's letters to her family hinted at _____________________.
(a) religion.
(b) suicide.
(c) divorce.
(d) relocation.

2. How did Hans Blixen die?
(a) In an airplane crash.
(b) A terminal illness.
(c) In a car crash.
(d) In a lake.

3. With whom did Dinesen build a rapport while in Africa?
(a) The local politicians.
(b) The African natives.
(c) The local minister.
(d) The aristocratic landowners.

4. What did Dinesen and Bror do after Thomas left the farm?
(a) Separated.
(b) Hired a new foreman.
(c) Sold the farm.
(d) Built a school.

5. In what year did Dinesen accept a marriage proposal?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dinesen found that female students at the Copenhagen Royal Academy ____________________.

2. Dinesen's loyalties during the war were on the side of which country?

3. Why did Dinesen's coffee plantation fail?

4. What did Dinesen and Bror raise on their farm?

5. What subject did Dinesen study at the Copenhagen Royal Academy?

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