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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. Why was Dinesen more attracted to her father's family?
(a) They were all very funny.
(b) They spoiled her.
(c) They took her on trips.
(d) They were very down to earth.

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

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

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

5. In what year did the Dinesen house burn down?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1904.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?

2. How old was Dinesen when her father died?

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

4. Who believed that both sexes should be celibate before marriage and monogamous afterward?

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

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