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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 did Dinesen and Bror raise on their farm?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Tea.
(d) Cattle.

2. What was Dinesen's most famous literary work?
(a) Out of Africa.
(b) Babbette's Feast.
(c) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(d) The Sound and the Fury.

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Bror?
(a) Amiable.
(b) Loud.
(c) Boorish.
(d) Racist.

4. Who became a very close friend to Dinesen in Africa?
(a) The gentlemen's club manager.
(b) The native foreman of the plantation.
(c) The shipping office manager.
(d) The minister's wife.

5. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?
(a) His twin brother.
(b) His school friend.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1923 Dinesen's health failed due to Malaria or _________________.

2. With whom did Dinesen fall in love?

3. What was the name of the family home where Dinesen decided to spend time in 1900?

4. What did Bror do while Dinesen was spending time in the city in #78?

5. Who was Andreas Nicolaj Hansen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

7. What was Dinesen's family's reaction to her interest in Georg Brandes and Fredrick Nietzsche?

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

9. Where did Dinesen study art formally and why was the experience disappointing for her?

10. What are some reasons that Dinesen would have liked going on safari?

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