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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. The person in #39 had a disregard for _________________.
(a) risks.
(b) friendships.
(c) money.
(d) religion.

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

3. Why had Dinesen primarily married Bror?
(a) Love.
(b) Financial status.
(c) Fear.
(d) Guilt.

4. What was Dinesen's most famous literary work?
(a) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(b) Out of Africa.
(c) The Sound and the Fury.
(d) Babbette's Feast.

5. How closely did Dinesen's stories parallel events and people in her own life?
(a) They were very similar.
(b) They were exactly alike.
(c) They were not alike at all.
(d) A few were similar.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Denys die?

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

3. Which friend injected some liveliness into Dinesen's life during this time?

4. After the war, Dinesen entered the ___________________ market in the United States.

5. What was Isak Dinesen's home country?

(see the answer key)

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