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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Dinesen and Bror raise on their farm?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Cattle.
2. How old was Dinesen in 1906?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 29.
(d) 14
3. Why was Dinesen more attracted to her father's family?
(a) They spoiled her.
(b) They were very down to earth.
(c) They took her on trips.
(d) They were all very funny.
4. What happened to Dinesen after the death of her sister?
(a) She and her remaining sister drifted apart.
(b) She went into a deep depression.
(c) She immersed herself in her studies.
(d) She tried to kill herself.
5. To what country did Dinesen and her fiance plan to move?
(a) China.
(b) Kenya.
(c) India.
(d) England.
6. In what year was the work in #6 created?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1937.
7. Why had Dinesen primarily married Bror?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Financial status.
8. Why did Wilhelm Dinesen kill himself?
(a) His business failed.
(b) He was in a public scandal.
(c) His wife left him.
(d) He contracted a debilitating disease.
9. Dinesen's mother came from a family of ___________________.
(a) sculptors.
(b) musicians.
(c) athletes.
(d) self-made millionaires.
10. What is the bourgeoisie?
(a) Working middle class social structure.
(b) A political party.
(c) Soup made from different kinds of fish.
(d) An early 20th century architectural style.
11. 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.
12. Why did Dinesen's coffee plantation fail?
(a) Because of a drought.
(b) Because the plants would not grow in that soil.
(c) Because no one would work for her.
(d) Because there was a big fire.
13. In what year did Dinesen accept a marriage proposal?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1948.
14. In which of the following arts was Dinesen NOT adept?
(a) Prose.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Culinary.
15. Dinesen considered the aristocratic landowners to be __________________.
(a) civilized.
(b) advanced.
(c) racists.
(d) political.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what movement did Dinesen become interested?
2. What was Dinesen's nickname?
3. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?
4. What did Dinesen begin to do at the age in #37?
5. What was the only activity that Dinesen and Bror enjoyed doing together?
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