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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three Isak Dinesen, Chapters 37-40: Winter's Tales; Life in a Cage; Heretics; Death of a Centaur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Denys die?
(a) April 1954.
(b) July 1939.
(c) May 1919.
(d) May 1931.

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

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

4. What split Dinesen and Denys apart for a while?
(a) Bror.
(b) Her illness.
(c) Her pregnancy.
(d) His travel.

5. When she was 50, Dinesen struggled with feelings associated with ___________________.
(a) illness.
(b) death.
(c) poverty.
(d) menopause.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of family was the person in #39 from?

3. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?

4. The person in #39 reminded Dinesen of __________________.

5. How did Hans Blixen die?

(see the answer key)

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