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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three Isak Dinesen, Chapters 37-40: Winter's Tales; Life in a Cage; Heretics; Death of a Centaur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Dinesen fall in love?
(a) Henry Braun.
(b) Hiram Blunt.
(c) Hans Blixen.
(d) Hank Brauer.

2. What likely caused Dinesen's miscarriage of a baby?
(a) Emotional trauma.
(b) A fall down stairs.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Syphilis treatments.

3. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His twin brother.
(d) His school friend.

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

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Denys?
(a) A confirmed bachelor.
(b) Emotional and clinging.
(c) Dinesen's soul mate.
(d) Anxious to be a father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sometimes women who competed with men were considered to be ___________________.

2. How did Denys react when Dinesen told him she might have been pregnant?

3. After the war, Dinesen became involved with a movement of young ___________________.

4. What was the state of Dinesen's marriage to Bror during this time?

5. How closely did Dinesen's stories parallel events and people in her own life?

(see the answer key)

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