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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 she was 50, Dinesen struggled with feelings associated with ___________________.
(a) poverty.
(b) death.
(c) menopause.
(d) illness.

2. What did Dinesen help with during the war?
(a) News reporting.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) The Resistance Movement.
(d) The Red Cross.

3. Dinesen gained a reputation as one of the most ______________________.
(a) graphic women writers ever.
(b) pure-hearted immoralists.
(c) prolific writers of the 20th century.
(d) intelligent European authors of the century.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dinesen's work blurred the line between _____________________.

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

3. What did Dinesen do after being at home in Denmark for awhile?

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

5. Dinesen never wanted to be like _________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 help the Danish Resistance movement during the war?

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