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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. How closely did Dinesen's stories parallel events and people in her own life?
(a) A few were similar.
(b) They were exactly alike.
(c) They were very similar.
(d) They were not alike at all.

2. How could Denys best be described?
(a) A politican.
(b) A good cook.
(c) An author.
(d) A confirmed bachelor.

3. After the war, Dinesen became involved with a movement of young ___________________.
(a) politicians.
(b) business people.
(c) spiritualists.
(d) authors and poets.

4. Dinesen never wanted to be like _________________.
(a) the women at church.
(b) her childhood friends.
(c) the other women in her family.
(d) her friends' mothers.

5. To what country did Dinesen and her fiance plan to move?
(a) China.
(b) England.
(c) India.
(d) Kenya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dinesen begin to do at the age in #37?

2. What did Dinesen try to do after Bror left?

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

4. What pen name did Dinesen adopt?

5. In what year did Dinesen leave for Africa?

(see the answer key)

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