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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of business was Wilhelm Dinesen involved?
(a) Education.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Shipping.
(d) Manufacturing.

2. What did Dinesen choose to do to relieve stress and anxiety?
(a) Yoga.
(b) Pray.
(c) Read.
(d) Paint.

3. Dinesen became interested in Georg Brandes and ______________________.
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Benito Mussolini.
(c) Fredrick Nietzsche.
(d) Carl Jung.

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

5. Who proposed marriage to Dinesen?
(a) Brian Bilson.
(b) Brice Broer.
(c) Bror Blixen.
(d) Broward Blunt.

6. How old was Dinesen when her father died?
(a) 5.
(b) 17.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

7. How did the aristocratic landowners in Africa feel about Dinesen?
(a) They supported her.
(b) They never accepted her.
(c) They were wary of her.
(d) They exiled her.

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

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

10. What was the only activity that Dinesen and Bror enjoyed doing together?
(a) Going on safari.
(b) Hosting dinner parties.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Playing pool.

11. What happened to Dinesen after the death of her sister?
(a) She immersed herself in her studies.
(b) She and her remaining sister drifted apart.
(c) She tried to kill herself.
(d) She went into a deep depression.

12. While in Africa, Dinesen became an accomplished _____________________.
(a) philosopher.
(b) musician.
(c) hunter.
(d) politician.

13. Who did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?
(a) Inga Westendorff.
(b) Ingeborg Westenholz.
(c) Inger Stevens.
(d) Irma Weisenheimer.

14. Which of the following does NOT describe Bror?
(a) Loud.
(b) Boorish.
(c) Racist.
(d) Amiable.

15. Why was Dinesen more attracted to her father's family?
(a) They spoiled her.
(b) They were very down to earth.
(c) They were all very funny.
(d) They took her on trips.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became a very close friend to Dinesen in Africa?

2. What was the one thing that Thomas admired about Dinesen?

3. Dinesen found that female students at the Copenhagen Royal Academy ____________________.

4. What was a cherished event in family life when Dinesen was growing up?

5. What did Dinesen and Bror raise on their farm?

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