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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One Tanne, Chapters 5-8: Three Sisters; The Road to Katholm; Aunt Bess; Art and Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dinesen found that female students at the Copenhagen Royal Academy ____________________.
(a) were treated as if they were biding their time until marriage.
(b) were more likely to study on weekends.
(c) swooned easily at their male instructors.
(d) dropped out more frequently than males.

2. What subject did Dinesen study at the Copenhagen Royal Academy?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) History.
(c) Music.
(d) Art.

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

4. In what year did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?
(a) 1954
(b) 1901.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1881.

5. In what type of business was Wilhelm Dinesen involved?
(a) Shipping.
(b) Education.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Agriculture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe Wilhelm Dinesen?

2. Dinesen's mother came from a family of ___________________.

3. In what year was the work in #6 created?

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

5. Who was Dinesen's older sister?

(see the answer key)

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