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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. Dinesen considered the aristocratic landowners to be __________________.
(a) advanced.
(b) civilized.
(c) racists.
(d) political.

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

3. Dinesen considered herself to be ___________________ more than a novelist.
(a) a daughter.
(b) a storyteller.
(c) an artist.
(d) a wife.

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

5. Dinesen's work blurred the line between _____________________.
(a) want and abundance.
(b) greed and generosity.
(c) good and evil.
(d) joy and despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Dinesen publish her first story?

2. How did Dinesen write her stories after her health failed?

3. In what movement did Dinesen become interested?

4. Who helped Dinesen manage through her illness?

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

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