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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What subject did Dinesen study at the Copenhagen Royal Academy?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Art.
(c) History.
(d) Music.

6. What did Dinesen have to sell in order to pay bills during this time?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her designer clothes.
(d) Her farm equipment.

7. What is the bourgeoisie?
(a) An early 20th century architectural style.
(b) A political party.
(c) Soup made from different kinds of fish.
(d) Working middle class social structure.

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

9. What disease did Dinesen contract from Bror?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Pneumonia.

10. In what year did Dinesen accept a marriage proposal?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1898.

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

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

13. Which pet of Dinesen's died during this period?
(a) Bird.
(b) Cat.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Dog.

14. What type of family was the person in #39 from?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Royal.
(c) Poor.
(d) Single parent.

15. Who was Thomas?
(a) Dinesen's lover.
(b) Dinesen's brother.
(c) Bror's valet.
(d) The butler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dinesen not feel as if she needed to be faithful to Bror?

2. Who did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?

3. What was Dinesen's nickname?

4. Who believed that both sexes should be celibate before marriage and monogamous afterward?

5. What did Dinesen and Bror do after Thomas left the farm?

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