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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) Traveled the world.
(d) Married for the second time.

2. What type of surgery did Dinesen have in 1955?
(a) Hip.
(b) Spine.
(c) Foot.
(d) Heart.

3. Dinesen's stories about Bjornvig in the 1950s were about _______________________.
(a) platonic friends.
(b) soul mates.
(c) love without sex.
(d) the collision of geniuses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did most of Dinesen's fans think she was?

2. What was Dinesen forced to do in December of 1930?

3. What disease was Dinesen suffering from when she left Africa?

4. Why did Germany come down hard on Denmark during the war?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Dinesen considered to be a controversial celebrity?

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

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

4. What occupied most of Denys' time in 1928, and how did Dinesen feel about it?

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

6. Who was Thorkild Bjornvig, and what role did he play in Dinesen's life?

7. In what ways did Dinesen suffer after her departure from Africa?

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

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

10. How did Dinesen and Denys live during their relationship?

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