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

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

3. What were some of the first things that Dinesen wrote?
(a) Poems.
(b) Nursery rhymes.
(c) Essays.
(d) Little plays.

4. In what year did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1954
(d) 1777.

5. To what country did Dinesen and her fiance plan to move?
(a) Kenya.
(b) India.
(c) England.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only activity that Dinesen and Bror enjoyed doing together?

2. The aristocratic landowners in Africa considered the natives to be ________________.

3. By what other name was Dinesen called?

4. Which of Dinesen's sisters died at an early age?

5. Why did Wilhelm Dinesen kill himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Dinesen have difficulty fitting in with the aristocratic landowners in Africa?

3. What decision did Dinesen make to end her period of indecisiveness?

4. How could Dinesen's marriage to Bror best be described?

5. 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?

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

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

8. How did World War I put even more strain on Dinesen's relationships with the aristocratic landowners?

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

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

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