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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. How did Dinesen feel about this period of her life (mid-1920s)?
(a) It was a time she would like to forget.
(b) It was the high point of her life.
(c) It was a time of good and bad.
(d) It was a pleasant time.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Denys?
(a) A confirmed bachelor.
(b) Emotional and clinging.
(c) Dinesen's soul mate.
(d) Anxious to be a father.

3. Dinesen was ___________________ in the classic sense.
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Gothic.
(c) Contemporary.
(d) Romantic.

4. Unresolved conflicts in Dinesen's life created ____________________.
(a) her business failure.
(b) her suicide attempt.
(c) her divorce.
(d) her mood swings.

5. What was one thing Dinesen had trouble adjusting to upon her return to Denmark?
(a) The language.
(b) The hunting.
(c) The social customs.
(d) The cold winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What likely caused Dinesen's miscarriage of a baby?

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

3. Sometimes women who competed with men were considered to be ___________________.

4. Dinesen considered herself to be ___________________ more than a novelist.

5. What did Dinesen try to do after Bror left?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What type of drugs did Dinesen become addicted to and how did they make her behave?

9. How did Dinesen's pregnancy split her relationship with Denys and what reunited them?

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

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