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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 native language?
(a) Danish.
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) French.
2. What pen name did Dinesen adopt?
(a) Osceola.
(b) Orpheus.
(c) Oleander.
(d) Orion.
3. What happened to Dinesen after the death of her sister?
(a) She and her remaining sister drifted apart.
(b) She immersed herself in her studies.
(c) She tried to kill herself.
(d) She went into a deep depression.
4. What was Isak Dinesen's home country?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Norway.
(d) Sweden.
5. Which of the following does NOT describe Bror?
(a) Loud.
(b) Racist.
(c) Boorish.
(d) Amiable.
Short Answer Questions
1. What subject did Dinesen study at the Copenhagen Royal Academy?
2. What did Dinesen and Bror do after Thomas left the farm?
3. In what year did the Dinesen house burn down?
4. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?
5. In what type of business was Wilhelm Dinesen involved?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Dinesen and Bror celebrate in Paris after a good coffee harvest in 1918?
2. What was Dinesen's family background,and why was she drawn more to her father's family?
3. When and where was Isak Dinesen born and by what other names was she known?
4. How did Dinesen's father, Wilhelm, live his life and why did he commit suicide at the age of 50?
5. Who was Daisy Frijs and why was Dinesen drawn to her?
6. In addition to diseases, what were some of the losses that Dinesen suffered in her life that made her health fail in 1923?
7. What decision did Dinesen make to end her period of indecisiveness?
8. Why did Dinesen not feel any remorse about having an affair with Denys Finch Hatton?
9. What are some reasons that Dinesen would have liked going on safari?
10. How could Dinesen's writing style best be characterized, and what was her most famous literary work?
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