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

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

3. Who was Dinesen's older sister?
(a) Irma.
(b) Ingeborg.
(c) Inga.
(d) Inger.

4. By what other name was Dinesen called?
(a) Karen Blitzen.
(b) Karen Bingham.
(c) Karen Blixen.
(d) Karen Baxter.

5. Which of the following was NOT a typical theme for Dinesen's work?
(a) Heroism.
(b) Courage.
(c) Young love.
(d) Perversion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of Dinesen's routine activities?

2. Dinesen's work blurred the line between _____________________.

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Denys?

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

5. In what movement did Dinesen become interested?

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