Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Test | Final Test - Hard

Judith Thurman
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Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Test | Final Test - Hard

Judith Thurman
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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. What type of surgery did Dinesen have in 1955?

2. Why did Dinesen go to Berlin in 1940?

3. Who helped Dinesen manage through her illness?

4. What type of work kept Denys busy in 1928?

5. What was the result of the disease's impact on Dinesen?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does the author draw parallels with Dinesen's work during middle age?

2. How did Dinesen help the Danish Resistance movement during the war?

3. Explain why Dinesen's sensibilities and interests slot her work as Romanticism.

4. What are some reasons that Dinesen's work was so well received during her lifetime?

5. How was Dinesen conflicted about which role to pursue in her life?

6. What occupied most of Denys' time in 1928, and how did Dinesen feel about it?

7. How did Denys die and why was his death especially painful for Dinesen?

8. What was the underlying theme in the stories contained in "Winter's Tales" written during the early years of the war?

9. How did Dinesen's pregnancy split her relationship with Denys and what reunited them?

10. What is known about the depths of despair Dinesen experienced after the loss of the coffee plantation and how did Deny's death, ironically, free her in a way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Denys Finch Hatton. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were some of his negative characteristics? What was his intellectual outlook? What were his hopes and fears? What were his primary motivations during his life?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Bror Blixen. What did he look like? What was his family background? What were his positive personality traits? What were some of his negative characteristics? What were his hopes and fears? What were his primary motivations during his life?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Thomas Dinesen. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were some of his negative characteristics? What do we know of him? What were his hopes and fears? What were his primary motivations during his life?

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