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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. Who became a very close friend to Dinesen in Africa?
(a) The shipping office manager.
(b) The gentlemen's club manager.
(c) The minister's wife.
(d) The native foreman of the plantation.

2. What did Dinesen choose to do to relieve stress and anxiety?
(a) Read.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Paint.
(d) Pray.

3. What did Dinesen do when it looked as if she would lose the coffee plantation?
(a) She kept on as if nothing was wrong.
(b) She let everything go to rot.
(c) She tried to find a buyer.
(d) She reduced the number of acres harvested.

4. What pen name did Dinesen adopt?
(a) Oleander.
(b) Orpheus.
(c) Orion.
(d) Osceola.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Dinesen's sisters died at an early age?

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

3. The aristocratic landowners in Africa considered the natives to be ________________.

4. What is the bourgeoisie?

5. Why did Wilhelm Dinesen kill himself?

(see the answer key)

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