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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three Isak Dinesen, Chapters 33-36: Amor Fati; Seven Gothic Tales; In a Dark Wood; Out of Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could Dinesen not tolerate in Bror?
(a) His religion.
(b) His political beliefs.
(c) His carelessness with money.
(d) His infidelity.

2. In which of the following arts was Dinesen NOT adept?
(a) Culinary.
(b) Prose.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Drawing.

3. What was Dinesen forced to do in December of 1930?
(a) Auctioned the plantation.
(b) Borrow money from her father.
(c) Have gallbladder surgery.
(d) Cut back on coffee production.

4. What was one thing Dinesen had trouble adjusting to upon her return to Denmark?
(a) The hunting.
(b) The social customs.
(c) The cold winter.
(d) The language.

5. Dinesen considered herself to be ___________________ more than a novelist.
(a) a daughter.
(b) a storyteller.
(c) an artist.
(d) a wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what country did Dinesen and her fiance plan to move?

2. What did most of Dinesen's fans think she was?

3. What type of work kept Denys busy in 1928?

4. In what movement did Dinesen become interested?

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

(see the answer key)

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