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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. When did Dinesen return to the coffee plantation after the trip with Denys?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1922.
2. Why did Denys take Dinesen to the country in #117?
(a) To visit his family.
(b) To study.
(c) To vacation.
(d) To take photographs.
3. Sometimes women who competed with men were considered to be ___________________.
(a) lesbians.
(b) over achievers.
(c) losers.
(d) role models.
4. In what year did Dinesen turn 50?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1947
5. Where did Denys take Dinesen in 1929?
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) India.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Denys react when Dinesen told him she might have been pregnant?
2. What did most of Dinesen's fans think she was?
3. Dinesen considered herself to be ___________________ more than a novelist.
4. Where did Dinesen go when she needed a break from her life for awhile?
5. What did Dinesen's family help her do that was a positive thing?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Dinesen conflicted about which role to pursue in her life?
2. How did Denys die and why was his death especially painful for Dinesen?
3. How does the New Year's Day killing of two lions differ in reality from the way Dinesen portrayed it in "outof Africa"?
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. How did Dinesen and Denys live during their relationship?
7. How did Dinesen's pregnancy split her relationship with Denys and what reunited them?
8. 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?
9. Why was Dinesen considered to be a controversial celebrity?
10. How did Dinesen spend some time during the early years of World War II?
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