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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. How did Denys die?
(a) Gunshot wound.
(b) Animal attack.
(c) Plane crash.
(d) Terminal illness.

2. In photographs from her childhood, Dinesen appeared to the the _______________ sister.
(a) belligerent.
(b) thinking.
(c) beautiful.
(d) artistic.

3. What was Dinesen's native language?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Danish.

4. Why had Dinesen primarily married Bror?
(a) Financial status.
(b) Love.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Fear.

5. What is the bourgeoisie?
(a) Soup made from different kinds of fish.
(b) A political party.
(c) Working middle class social structure.
(d) An early 20th century architectural style.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dinesen feel abandoned by Denys in 1928?

2. Dinesen became interested in Georg Brandes and ______________________.

3. In what year did Dinesen leave for Africa?

4. Dinesen had made a few friends in Africa who were on the ________________ side in the war.

5. To what country did Dinesen and her fiance plan to move?

(see the answer key)

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