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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. What was Isak Dinesen's home country?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Norway.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Sweden.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Wilhelm Dinesen?
(a) He lived with Native Americans.
(b) He was an editor.
(c) He fought in wars.
(d) He went on hunting trips.

3. What was one of Dinesen's routine activities?
(a) Sewing clothes.
(b) Playing the piano.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Going on safari.

4. How did Denys react when Dinesen told him she might have been pregnant?
(a) He was angry.
(b) He was stunned.
(c) He was thrilled.
(d) He was less than enthusiastic.

5. In what year did Dinesen turn 50?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1947

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Dinesen's book "Out of Africa", who kills the animals in #112?

3. What was the wish that Dinesen's aunt had for Dinesen?

4. Which of Dinesen's sisters died at an early age?

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

(see the answer key)

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