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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 do after being at home in Denmark for awhile?
(a) Returned to Africa.
(b) Moved to America.
(c) Married for the second time.
(d) Traveled the world.

2. Sometimes women who competed with men were considered to be ___________________.
(a) lesbians.
(b) role models.
(c) losers.
(d) over achievers.

3. Why did Bjornvig suffer a nervous breakdown?
(a) He could not make any money.
(b) Dinesen did not return his love for her.
(c) All his friends betrayed him.
(d) Dinesen psychologically manipulated him.

4. Who was Thorkild Bjornvig?
(a) Dinesen's chauffeur.
(b) Dinesen's close friend.
(c) Dinesen's accountant.
(d) Dinesen's gardener.

5. After the war, Dinesen entered the ___________________ market in the United States.
(a) book.
(b) magazine.
(c) radio.
(d) newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dinesen do when it looked as if she would lose the coffee plantation?

2. After the war, Dinesen's health disintegrated due to age and ___________________.

3. Unresolved conflicts in Dinesen's life created ____________________.

4. Where did Dinesen go when she needed a break from her life for awhile?

5. What role did Dinesen play in her relationship with Bjornvig?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the syphilis take its toll on Dinesen, and who helped her through this difficult time?

2. Explain why Dinesen's sensibilities and interests slot her work as Romanticism.

3. How did Dinesen fare when trying to run the coffee plantation on her own and why was her temporary return to Denmark not a positive move for her?

4. In what ways was Dinesen alienated from her own people during the war?

5. Why did Bjornvig leave Dinesen after four years together?

6. How did Dinesen help the Danish Resistance movement during the war?

7. What are some reasons that Dinesen's work was so well received during her lifetime?

8. How did Dinesen spend some time during the early years of World War II?

9. How does the New Year's Day killing of two lions differ in reality from the way Dinesen portrayed it in "outof Africa"?

10. How did Dinesen's relationship with Denys initially work well for both of them?

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