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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Dinesen and Bror do after Thomas left the farm?
(a) Hired a new foreman.
(b) Built a school.
(c) Separated.
(d) Sold the farm.

4. What was the name of Dinesen's younger brother who enlisted in the Danish army?
(a) Hans.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Friedrik.

5. What were some of the first things that Dinesen wrote?
(a) Nursery rhymes.
(b) Little plays.
(c) Essays.
(d) Poems.

6. With whom did Dinesen fall in love?
(a) Hans Blixen.
(b) Hiram Blunt.
(c) Hank Brauer.
(d) Henry Braun.

7. 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.

8. In what year did Dinesen publish her first story?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1907.

9. With whom did Dinesen build a rapport while in Africa?
(a) The African natives.
(b) The local minister.
(c) The aristocratic landowners.
(d) The local politicians.

10. What was the one thing that Thomas admired about Dinesen?
(a) Her writing.
(b) Her compassion.
(c) Her business sense.
(d) Her sense of humor.

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

12. Who became a very close friend to Dinesen in Africa?
(a) The gentlemen's club manager.
(b) The shipping office manager.
(c) The minister's wife.
(d) The native foreman of the plantation.

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

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

15. Dinesen was adamant about not living her life _____________________.
(a) as a sculptor.
(b) through a husband.
(c) as a teacher.
(d) in Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Andreas Nicolaj Hansen?

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

3. Most of Dinesen's work was set in the __________________ or earlier.

4. The person in #39 had a disregard for _________________.

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

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