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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. After the war, Dinesen became involved with a movement of young ___________________.
(a) authors and poets.
(b) business people.
(c) politicians.
(d) spiritualists.

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

3. What split Dinesen and Denys apart for a while?
(a) His travel.
(b) Her pregnancy.
(c) Bror.
(d) Her illness.

4. Many of Dinesen's stories during this period address ______________________.
(a) Travel adventures.
(b) Aristocracy in a changing world.
(c) Lost love.
(d) Good vs. evil.

5. How did Denys die?
(a) Terminal illness.
(b) Animal attack.
(c) Plane crash.
(d) Gunshot wound.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the war, Dinesen entered the ___________________ market in the United States.

2. In Dinesen's book "Out of Africa", who kills the animals in #112?

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

4. What is a Gypsy Moth?

5. What country did 7,200 Jews evacuate to during the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Dinesen behave when it seemed as if she would lose the plantation?

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

4. How well did Dinesen adapt to her return to Denmark?

5. How did Denys die and why was his death especially painful for Dinesen?

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

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

8. What was the underlying theme in the stories contained in "Winter's Tales" written during the early years of the war?

9. How was Dinesen's independent life in conflict with the norms for women in the early 20th century?

10. How was Dinesen conflicted about which role to pursue in her life?

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