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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. Which of the following does NOT describe Dinesen upon her return to her parents' home in Denmark?
(a) Bad-tempered.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Amiable.
(d) Hypersensitive.

2. Who did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?
(a) Irma Weisenheimer.
(b) Inga Westendorff.
(c) Ingeborg Westenholz.
(d) Inger Stevens.

3. In what year was the work in #6 created?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1999.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What likely caused Dinesen's miscarriage of a baby?

2. Dinesen was adamant about not living her life _____________________.

3. Sometimes Denys would show Dinesen movies about __________________.

4. How closely did Dinesen's stories parallel events and people in her own life?

5. What was one thing Dinesen had trouble adjusting to upon her return to Denmark?

(see the answer key)

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