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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four Pellegrina, Chapters 47-52: Baksheesh; Echoes;.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe Denys?
(a) Emotional and clinging.
(b) Anxious to be a father.
(c) Dinesen's soul mate.
(d) A confirmed bachelor.

2. After the war, Dinesen became involved with a movement of young ___________________.
(a) authors and poets.
(b) business people.
(c) politicians.
(d) spiritualists.

3. To what city did Dinesen travel in 1958 at the age of 73?
(a) London.
(b) Madrid.
(c) New York.
(d) Buenos Aires.

4. Dinesen found that female students at the Copenhagen Royal Academy ____________________.
(a) dropped out more frequently than males.
(b) swooned easily at their male instructors.
(c) were treated as if they were biding their time until marriage.
(d) were more likely to study on weekends.

5. Why did Germany come down hard on Denmark during the war?
(a) Their soldiers were ill-trained.
(b) They ignored Hitler's demands.
(c) There were hardly any Jews left there.
(d) It refused to support Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Dinesen think about emigrating from Denmark during the war?

2. What award was Dinesen nominated for many times but did not win?

3. What was the title of the last story Dinesen wrote?

4. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?

5. What was the cause of Dinesen's death?

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