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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) July 1939.
(b) May 1931.
(c) May 1919.
(d) April 1954.

2. Most of Dinesen's work was created in which literary style?
(a) Science Fiction.
(b) Biographical.
(c) Historical.
(d) Romantic.

3. With what did Dinesen struggle throughout her life?
(a) Money.
(b) Power.
(c) Love.
(d) Weight.

4. How could Denys best be described?
(a) An author.
(b) A good cook.
(c) A confirmed bachelor.
(d) A politican.

5. Who helped Dinesen manage through her illness?
(a) Thelma.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Bror.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dinesen begin to do at the age in #37?

2. Who was Denys Finch Hatton?

3. In what year did Dinesen turn 50?

4. Where did Dinesen live during World War II?

5. What were some of the first things that Dinesen wrote?

(see the answer key)

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