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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two Tania, Chapters 15-20: Sea Change; A Still Country; The Clear Darkness; Safari Life; Lucifer's Child; The Wing of Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Most of Dinesen's work was set in the __________________ or earlier.
(a) eighteenth century.
(b) nineteenth century.
(c) twentieth century.
(d) twenty first century.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what other name was Dinesen called?

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

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

4. What title did Dinesen attain after her marriage?

5. What pen name did Dinesen adopt?

(see the answer key)

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