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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. Why did Dinesen's maternal family oppose her interest in the men in #25?
(a) They were not Jewish.
(b) Their philosophies were too radical.
(c) They were enemies of the state.
(d) They would never amount to much.

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

3. Who did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?
(a) Inga Westendorff.
(b) Inger Stevens.
(c) Ingeborg Westenholz.
(d) Irma Weisenheimer.

4. With which relative did Dinesen develop a conflict?
(a) Aunt Belinda.
(b) Aunt Beryl.
(c) Aunt Betty.
(d) Aunt Bess.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Dinesen begin to do at the age in #37?

3. How old was Dinesen in 1906?

4. In what movement did Dinesen become interested?

5. What was Dinesen's most famous literary work?

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