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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. What did Dinesen do when it looked as if she would lose the coffee plantation?
(a) She tried to find a buyer.
(b) She let everything go to rot.
(c) She reduced the number of acres harvested.
(d) She kept on as if nothing was wrong.

2. Some of Dinesen's letters to her family hinted at _____________________.
(a) religion.
(b) suicide.
(c) divorce.
(d) relocation.

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

4. What was the one thing that Thomas admired about Dinesen?
(a) Her writing.
(b) Her business sense.
(c) Her compassion.
(d) Her sense of humor.

5. Which of the following did Dinesen NOT auction off?
(a) The house.
(b) Her car.
(c) The plantation.
(d) The contents of the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which war further strained Dinesen's relations with the aristocratic landowners in Africa?

2. What did Denys spend much of his time doing?

3. Who was Thomas?

4. Dinesen became interested in Georg Brandes and ______________________.

5. Who was Denys Finch Hatton?

(see the answer key)

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