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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three Isak Dinesen, Chapters 41-46: Folie a Deux; Goddess and Barfly; The Immortal Story; The Pact Is Broken; Betrayals; Should Not My Mind Keep the Knots?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of the disease's impact on Dinesen?
(a) She had to have oxygen.
(b) She was crippled.
(c) She became very thin.
(d) She went insane.

2. What did Denys spend much of his time doing?
(a) Building.
(b) Adventuring.
(c) Writing.
(d) Teaching.

3. Who believed that both sexes should be celibate before marriage and monogamous afterward?
(a) Priests.
(b) Feminists.
(c) Nuns.
(d) Educators.

4. Dinesen never wanted to be like _________________.
(a) her friends' mothers.
(b) the women at church.
(c) the other women in her family.
(d) her childhood friends.

5. Dinesen gained a reputation as one of the most ______________________.
(a) pure-hearted immoralists.
(b) prolific writers of the 20th century.
(c) intelligent European authors of the century.
(d) graphic women writers ever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the book which Dinesen worked on during World War II?

2. Why did Denys take Dinesen to the country in #117?

3. Which of the following was NOT something that made Bjornvig leave Dinesen?

4. Dinesen found that female students at the Copenhagen Royal Academy ____________________.

5. In what type of business was Wilhelm Dinesen involved?

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