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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 one thing that Thomas admired about Dinesen?
(a) Her business sense.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) Her compassion.
(d) Her writing.

2. What was the name of the family home where Dinesen decided to spend time in 1900?
(a) Kathton.
(b) Kathcart.
(c) Kathberg.
(d) Katholm.

3. What did Dinesen and her fiance plan to establish in the country in #52?
(a) A school.
(b) A travel company.
(c) A publishing company.
(d) A farm.

4. In what year was the work in #6 created?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1999.

5. Which pet of Dinesen's died during this period?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe Bror?

2. Who was Thomas?

3. Dinesen's mother came from a family of ___________________.

4. With whom did Dinesen build a rapport while in Africa?

5. What disease did Dinesen contract from Bror?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was becoming an adult not what Dinesen expected in terms of her life's direction?

2. How could Dinesen's writing style best be characterized, and what was her most famous literary work?

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

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

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

6. How did being a woman challenge Dinesen's writing career?

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

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

9. How did Dinesen's father, Wilhelm, live his life and why did he commit suicide at the age of 50?

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

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