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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 were some of the first things that Dinesen wrote?
(a) Nursery rhymes.
(b) Little plays.
(c) Poems.
(d) Essays.

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

3. In what year did Dinesen leave for Africa?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1972.

4. In 1923 Dinesen's health failed due to Malaria or _________________.
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Syphilis.

5. With whom did Dinesen build a rapport while in Africa?
(a) The local minister.
(b) The African natives.
(c) The aristocratic landowners.
(d) The local politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. In photographs from her childhood, Dinesen appeared to the the _______________ sister.

2. Which pet of Dinesen's died during this period?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Bror?

4. While in Africa, Dinesen became an accomplished _____________________.

5. What was Isak Dinesen's home country?

(see the answer key)

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