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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. In what year did Dinesen accept a marriage proposal?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1948.

2. How did Hans Blixen die?
(a) A terminal illness.
(b) In an airplane crash.
(c) In a car crash.
(d) In a lake.

3. How old was Dinesen in 1906?
(a) 29.
(b) 14
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

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

5. In Dinesen's book "Out of Africa", who kills the animals in #112?
(a) Denys kills both of them.
(b) She kills one and Denys kills one.
(c) The safari guide kills both of them.
(d) She kills both of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Dinesen's younger brother who enlisted in the Danish army?

2. What did Dinesen do when it looked as if she would lose the coffee plantation?

3. What was Dinesen forced to do in December of 1930?

4. How could Denys best be described?

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

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