Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Wilhelm Dinesen kill himself?
(a) He was in a public scandal.
(b) He contracted a debilitating disease.
(c) His business failed.
(d) His wife left him.

3. In what city did Dinesen go on a shopping spree after a good harvest in 1918?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Madrid.
(d) London.

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

5. What did Dinesen begin to do at the age in #37?
(a) Went hunting.
(b) Kept a diary.
(c) Drank alcohol.
(d) Smoked cigarettes.

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

7. What is the bourgeoisie?
(a) A political party.
(b) Working middle class social structure.
(c) An early 20th century architectural style.
(d) Soup made from different kinds of fish.

8. In what year did Dinesen publish her first story?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1907.

9. In what year did Dinesen leave for Africa?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1913.

10. Most of Dinesen's work was created in which literary style?
(a) Historical.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Science Fiction.
(d) Biographical.

11. How did Dinesen feel when Thomas went away?
(a) She fell into a deep depression.
(b) She missed him.
(c) She was glad he was gone.
(d) She was too busy to notice he was gone.

12. In photographs from her childhood, Dinesen appeared to the the _______________ sister.
(a) artistic.
(b) beautiful.
(c) belligerent.
(d) thinking.

13. Who became a very close friend to Dinesen in Africa?
(a) The native foreman of the plantation.
(b) The shipping office manager.
(c) The gentlemen's club manager.
(d) The minister's wife.

14. What happened to Dinesen after the death of her sister?
(a) She immersed herself in her studies.
(b) She went into a deep depression.
(c) She tried to kill herself.
(d) She and her remaining sister drifted apart.

15. In what year did the Dinesen house burn down?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1904.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Dinesen's younger brother who enlisted in the Danish army?

2. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?

3. What title did Dinesen attain after her marriage?

4. With whom did Dinesen spend most of her time during her childhood?

5. What was Dinesen's nickname?

(see the answer keys)

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