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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. Which war further strained Dinesen's relations with the aristocratic landowners in Africa?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Crimean War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The War of 1812.

2. In which of the following arts was Dinesen NOT adept?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Prose.
(c) Culinary.
(d) Poetry.

3. By what other name was Dinesen called?
(a) Karen Baxter.
(b) Karen Blitzen.
(c) Karen Blixen.
(d) Karen Bingham.

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

5. What was one thing Dinesen had trouble adjusting to upon her return to Denmark?
(a) The social customs.
(b) The language.
(c) The hunting.
(d) The cold winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When she was 50, Dinesen struggled with feelings associated with ___________________.

2. Dinesen became interested in Georg Brandes and ______________________.

3. Durind Dinesen's time, competing with a man was considered to be ___________________.

4. Why did Dinesen's maternal family oppose her interest in the men in #25?

5. In what city did Dinesen go on a shopping spree after a good harvest in 1918?

(see the answer key)

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