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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. To what country did Dinesen and her fiance plan to move?
(a) Kenya.
(b) India.
(c) England.
(d) China.

2. Dinesen had made a few friends in Africa who were on the ________________ side in the war.
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) German.

3. What happened to Dinesen after the death of her sister?
(a) She tried to kill herself.
(b) She immersed herself in her studies.
(c) She and her remaining sister drifted apart.
(d) She went into a deep depression.

4. Dinesen was adamant about not living her life _____________________.
(a) as a teacher.
(b) as a sculptor.
(c) through a husband.
(d) in Europe.

5. Dinesen considered the aristocratic landowners to be __________________.
(a) political.
(b) civilized.
(c) advanced.
(d) racists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who proposed marriage to Dinesen?

3. In what year did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?

4. With whom did Dinesen build a rapport while in Africa?

5. Who became a very close friend to Dinesen in Africa?

(see the answer key)

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