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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two Tania, Chapters 15-20: Sea Change; A Still Country; The Clear Darkness; Safari Life; Lucifer's Child; The Wing of Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe Wilhelm Dinesen?
(a) He was an editor.
(b) He lived with Native Americans.
(c) He fought in wars.
(d) He went on hunting trips.

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

3. Who was Andreas Nicolaj Hansen?
(a) Dinesen's first husband.
(b) Dinesen's great grandfather.
(c) Dinesen's tutor.
(d) Dinesen's godfather.

4. What was Dinesen's most famous literary work?
(a) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(b) Babbette's Feast.
(c) The Sound and the Fury.
(d) Out of Africa.

5. Why did Wilhelm Dinesen kill himself?
(a) His business failed.
(b) His wife left him.
(c) He contracted a debilitating disease.
(d) He was in a public scandal.

Short Answer Questions

1. The person in #39 reminded Dinesen of __________________.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Bror?

3. What disease did Dinesen contract from Bror?

4. With whom did Dinesen spend most of her time during her childhood?

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

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