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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two Tania, Chapters 29-32: Lion Hunt; Visitors to the Farm; Spirits of the Air; Closing the Parentheses.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dinesen was always interested in writing and ________________.
(a) cooking.
(b) riding horses.
(c) sculpting.
(d) drawing.

2. What type of work kept Denys busy in 1928?
(a) Political campaigning.
(b) Safari guide.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Airline pilot.

3. What did Dinesen and Bror raise on their farm?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Vegetables.

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

5. The aristocratic landowners in Africa considered the natives to be ________________.
(a) frightening.
(b) inferior.
(c) warriors.
(d) magical.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city did Dinesen study art?

2. When did Dinesen return to the coffee plantation after the trip with Denys?

3. Why did Dinesen not feel as if she needed to be faithful to Bror?

4. Who was Thomas?

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

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