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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. With which relative did Dinesen develop a conflict?
(a) Aunt Belinda.
(b) Aunt Bess.
(c) Aunt Beryl.
(d) Aunt Betty.

2. Dinesen became interested in Georg Brandes and ______________________.
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Benito Mussolini.
(d) Fredrick Nietzsche.

3. What is the bourgeoisie?
(a) Working middle class social structure.
(b) An early 20th century architectural style.
(c) Soup made from different kinds of fish.
(d) A political party.

4. By what other name was Dinesen called?
(a) Karen Baxter.
(b) Karen Blitzen.
(c) Karen Bingham.
(d) Karen Blixen.

5. With whom did Dinesen build a rapport while in Africa?
(a) The local politicians.
(b) The African natives.
(c) The aristocratic landowners.
(d) The local minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pen name did Dinesen adopt?

2. In what city did Dinesen go on a shopping spree after a good harvest in 1918?

3. Who was Denys Finch Hatton?

4. What was a cherished event in family life when Dinesen was growing up?

5. Dinesen considered the aristocratic landowners to be __________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How has Dinesen's biography been compared to a novel?

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

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

6. What type of writing did Dinesen produce as a young woman, and what pen name did she use?

7. 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?

8. Describe Dinesen's relationship with her sisters.

9. In addition to diseases, what were some of the losses that Dinesen suffered in her life that made her health fail in 1923?

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

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