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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Dinesen not feel as if she needed to be faithful to Bror?
(a) He declared that he no longer loved her.
(b) They were divorcing.
(c) They had an open marriage.
(d) He was not faithful to her.

2. Why did Dinesen's coffee plantation fail?
(a) Because no one would work for her.
(b) Because the plants would not grow in that soil.
(c) Because of a drought.
(d) Because there was a big fire.

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

4. Some of Dinesen's letters to her family hinted at _____________________.
(a) relocation.
(b) divorce.
(c) suicide.
(d) religion.

5. Who was Dinesen's older sister?
(a) Inga.
(b) Irma.
(c) Ingeborg.
(d) Inger.

6. What was the wish that Dinesen's aunt had for Dinesen?
(a) To get married.
(b) To get a Masters degree.
(c) To compose an opera.
(d) To become a doctor.

7. What was Dinesen's native language?
(a) Danish.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) German.

8. Who was Denys Finch Hatton?
(a) Dinesen's accountant.
(b) Dinesen's brother-in-law.
(c) Dinesen's physician.
(d) Dinesen's lover.

9. What did Dinesen and Bror raise on their farm?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Tea.

10. Which friend injected some liveliness into Dinesen's life during this time?
(a) Doris Fitz.
(b) Daisy Frijs.
(c) Dagmar Frielo.
(d) Daphne Findier.

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

12. In what movement did Dinesen become interested?
(a) Religious.
(b) Healthcare.
(c) Education.
(d) Feminist.

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

14. Dinesen was always interested in writing and ________________.
(a) sculpting.
(b) riding horses.
(c) cooking.
(d) drawing.

15. What was Dinesen's most famous literary work?
(a) Out of Africa.
(b) Babbette's Feast.
(c) The Sound and the Fury.
(d) For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the work in #6 created?

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Wilhelm Dinesen?

3. How could Dinesen's marriage to Bror be described?

4. Dinesen had made a few friends in Africa who were on the ________________ side in the war.

5. What did Dinesen choose to do to relieve stress and anxiety?

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