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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. What was Dinesen's nickname?
(a) Tanya.
(b) Tanne.
(c) Toni.
(d) Tamme.
2. How did Dinesen feel when Thomas went away?
(a) She fell into a deep depression.
(b) She was glad he was gone.
(c) She missed him.
(d) She was too busy to notice he was gone.
3. 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.
4. How old was Dinesen when her father died?
(a) 5.
(b) 17.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.
5. What were some of the first things that Dinesen wrote?
(a) Essays.
(b) Little plays.
(c) Nursery rhymes.
(d) Poems.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following does NOT describe Wilhelm Dinesen?
2. Who did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?
3. The person in #39 reminded Dinesen of __________________.
4. In which of the following arts was Dinesen NOT adept?
5. In what year did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did being a woman challenge Dinesen's writing career?
2. How did Dinesen's childhood influence her writing, and what important theme would emerge?
3. What type of writing did Dinesen produce as a young woman, and what pen name did she use?
4. How did World War I put even more strain on Dinesen's relationships with the aristocratic landowners?
5. When and where was Isak Dinesen born and by what other names was she known?
6. What was Dinesen's family's reaction to her interest in Georg Brandes and Fredrick Nietzsche?
7. How could Dinesen's marriage to Bror best be described?
8. Explain why Dinesen was drawn to the feminist movement of the early 20th century.
9. Why did Dinesen have difficulty fitting in with the aristocratic landowners in Africa?
10. How did Dinesen's attitude about the African natives differ from the aristocratic landowners' opinions?
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