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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 pen name did Dinesen adopt?
(a) Orion.
(b) Osceola.
(c) Oleander.
(d) Orpheus.

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

3. In what year was the work in #6 created?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1999.

4. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His school friend.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His twin brother.

5. Who proposed marriage to Dinesen?
(a) Broward Blunt.
(b) Brian Bilson.
(c) Bror Blixen.
(d) Brice Broer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend injected some liveliness into Dinesen's life during this time?

2. In which of the following arts was Dinesen NOT adept?

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

4. Which war further strained Dinesen's relations with the aristocratic landowners in Africa?

5. Most of Dinesen's work was created in which literary style?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the nature of Dinesen's relationship with her father and how did she address her feelings of loss after his death many years later?

2. How did being a woman challenge Dinesen's writing career?

3. Describe the contentious relationship Dinesen had with her brother, Thomas?

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

5. When and where was Isak Dinesen born and by what other names was she known?

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

7. What was Dinesen's family background,and why was she drawn more to her father's family?

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

9. Explain why Dinesen was drawn to the feminist movement of the early 20th century.

10. Why did Dinesen not feel any remorse about having an affair with Denys Finch Hatton?

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