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

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

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Bror?
(a) Amiable.
(b) Boorish.
(c) Loud.
(d) Racist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which war further strained Dinesen's relations with the aristocratic landowners in Africa?

2. Dinesen considered the aristocratic landowners to be __________________.

3. Who was Andreas Nicolaj Hansen?

4. How did Hans Blixen die?

5. What type of family was the person in #39 from?

(see the answer key)

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