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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. Why had Dinesen primarily married Bror?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Financial status.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.
2. Which friend injected some liveliness into Dinesen's life during this time?
(a) Daphne Findier.
(b) Dagmar Frielo.
(c) Daisy Frijs.
(d) Doris Fitz.
3. Dinesen considered the aristocratic landowners to be __________________.
(a) civilized.
(b) political.
(c) racists.
(d) advanced.
4. What did Dinesen and Bror raise on their farm?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cattle.
5. What did Dinesen and her fiance plan to establish in the country in #52?
(a) A school.
(b) A travel company.
(c) A farm.
(d) A publishing company.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Dinesen have to sell in order to pay bills during this time?
2. What is the bourgeoisie?
3. What was the name of the family home where Dinesen decided to spend time in 1900?
4. What did Dinesen choose to do to relieve stress and anxiety?
5. In what city did Dinesen go on a shopping spree after a good harvest in 1918?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Dinesen not feel any remorse about having an affair with Denys Finch Hatton?
2. How could Dinesen's marriage to Bror best be described?
3. What was the nature of the conflict between Dinesen and her Aunt Bess?
4. Where did Dinesen study art formally and why was the experience disappointing for her?
5. What mental affliction might Dinesen have suffered from and what was the main symptom?
6. Why was becoming an adult not what Dinesen expected in terms of her life's direction?
7. What was Dinesen's family background,and why was she drawn more to her father's family?
8. How did Bror react to Dinesen's affair with Denys?
9. Explain why Dinesen was drawn to the feminist movement of the early 20th century.
10. How did being a woman challenge Dinesen's writing career?
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