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Judith Thurman
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Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Andreas Nicolaj Hansen?
(a) Dinesen's tutor.
(b) Dinesen's first husband.
(c) Dinesen's godfather.
(d) Dinesen's great grandfather.

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

3. Who was Dinesen's younger sister?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Eva.

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

5. What did Dinesen and her fiance plan to establish in the country in #52?
(a) A farm.
(b) A travel company.
(c) A publishing company.
(d) A school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dinesen begin to do at the age in #37?

2. In what year did Dinesen publish her first story?

3. The person in #39 reminded Dinesen of __________________.

4. What disease did Dinesen contract from Bror?

5. Why was Dinesen more attracted to her father's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Dinesen study art formally and why was the experience disappointing for her?

2. What type of writing did Dinesen produce as a young woman, and what pen name did she use?

3. In addition to diseases, what were some of the losses that Dinesen suffered in her life that made her health fail in 1923?

4. What was Dinesen's family's reaction to her interest in Georg Brandes and Fredrick Nietzsche?

5. How could Dinesen's writing style best be characterized, and what was her most famous literary work?

6. Describe Dinesen's relationship with her sisters.

7. What was the nature of the conflict between Dinesen and her Aunt Bess?

8. What mental affliction might Dinesen have suffered from and what was the main symptom?

9. How did Bror react to Dinesen's affair with Denys?

10. Who was Daisy Frijs and why was Dinesen drawn to her?

(see the answer keys)

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