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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 did Dinesen's coffee plantation fail?
(a) Because there was a big fire.
(b) Because the plants would not grow in that soil.
(c) Because of a drought.
(d) Because no one would work for her.

2. Why did Dinesen's maternal family oppose her interest in the men in #25?
(a) They would never amount to much.
(b) They were enemies of the state.
(c) They were not Jewish.
(d) Their philosophies were too radical.

3. Dinesen found that female students at the Copenhagen Royal Academy ____________________.
(a) were treated as if they were biding their time until marriage.
(b) swooned easily at their male instructors.
(c) were more likely to study on weekends.
(d) dropped out more frequently than males.

4. Dinesen considered the aristocratic landowners to be __________________.
(a) civilized.
(b) political.
(c) advanced.
(d) racists.

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. The person in #39 had a disregard for _________________.

2. Some of Dinesen's letters to her family hinted at _____________________.

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

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

5. In what year did Dinesen publish her first story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Hans Blixen's rejection of Dinesen ironically work in her favor in terms of what her Aunt Bess wanted for her?

5. How did Dinesen's childhood influence her writing, and what important theme would emerge?

6. How did Dinesen and Bror celebrate in Paris after a good coffee harvest in 1918?

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

8. Why was Dinesen so prolific in her condemnation of racism and prejudice against the Kenyan people?

9. Describe Dinesen's relationship with her sisters.

10. How did Dinesen's attitude about the African natives differ from the aristocratic landowners' opinions?

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