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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One Tanne Chapters 9-14: Countess Daisy; First Tales; Love, Humble and Audacious; Rue; La Valse Mauve; Noble Prospects.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a cherished event in family life when Dinesen was growing up?
(a) Sunday brunch.
(b) Birthday parties.
(c) Storytelling.
(d) Vacations.

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

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

4. In what year did Dinesen publish her first story?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1907.

5. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His twin brother.
(d) His school friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what movement did Dinesen become interested?

2. In what year did Dinesen accept a marriage proposal?

3. Most of Dinesen's work was created in which literary style?

4. The person in #39 reminded Dinesen of __________________.

5. What did Dinesen and her fiance plan to establish in the country in #52?

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