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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. What title did Dinesen attain after her marriage?
(a) Princess.
(b) Lady.
(c) Duchess.
(d) Baroness.

2. What pen name did Dinesen adopt?
(a) Orion.
(b) Osceola.
(c) Oleander.
(d) Orpheus.

3. Most of Dinesen's work was created in which literary style?
(a) Historical.
(b) Science Fiction.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Biographical.

4. Dinesen was adamant about not living her life _____________________.
(a) in Europe.
(b) through a husband.
(c) as a sculptor.
(d) as a teacher.

5. What was Isak Dinesen's home country?
(a) Norway.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Denmark.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Dinesen in 1906?

2. By what other name was Dinesen called?

3. What was the wish that Dinesen's aunt had for Dinesen?

4. Most of Dinesen's work was set in the __________________ or earlier.

5. Why did Dinesen's maternal family oppose her interest in the men in #25?

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