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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 title did Dinesen attain after her marriage?
(a) Baroness.
(b) Duchess.
(c) Lady.
(d) Princess.

2. The aristocratic landowners in Africa considered the natives to be ________________.
(a) inferior.
(b) frightening.
(c) magical.
(d) warriors.

3. In what type of business was Wilhelm Dinesen involved?
(a) Shipping.
(b) Education.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Manufacturing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following arts was Dinesen NOT adept?

2. Why was Dinesen more attracted to her father's family?

3. With whom did Dinesen spend most of her time during her childhood?

4. What relation was Dinesen's fiance to the man she loved?

5. What pen name did Dinesen adopt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Daisy Frijs and why was Dinesen drawn to her?

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

4. Describe Dinesen's relationship with her sisters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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