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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two Tania, Chapters 21-24: Dramatis Personae; Intermezzo; Thomas; Kamante and Lulu.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In which city did Dinesen study art?
(a) New York.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Madrid.

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

4. Some of Dinesen's letters to her family hinted at _____________________.
(a) divorce.
(b) religion.
(c) suicide.
(d) relocation.

5. What was Isak Dinesen's home country?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Dinesen house burn down?

2. What subject did Dinesen study at the Copenhagen Royal Academy?

3. Dinesen found that female students at the Copenhagen Royal Academy ____________________.

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

5. The person in #39 had a disregard for _________________.

(see the answer key)

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