Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

When did Dinesen return to the coffee plantation after the trip with Denys? (from Book Two Tania, Chapters 29-32: Lion Hunt; Visitors to the Farm; Spirits of the Air; Closing the Parentheses)

1930.

1954.

1922.

1935.

2.

After the war, Dinesen's health disintegrated due to age and ___________________. (from Book Three Isak Dinesen, Chapters 37-40: Winter's Tales; Life in a Cage; Heretics; Death of a Centaur)

Dementia.

Arthritis.

Syphilis.

Cancer.

3.

How did Dinesen write her stories after her health failed? (from Book Four Pellegrina, Chapters 47-52: Baksheesh; Echoes;)

She typed them.

She had a ghostwriter.

She dictated them.

She wrote them in longhand.

4.

Who was Denys Finch Hatton? (from Book Two Tania, Chapters 21-24: Dramatis Personae; Intermezzo; Thomas; Kamante and Lulu)

Dinesen's lover.

Dinesen's brother-in-law.

Dinesen's physician.

Dinesen's accountant.

5.

Dinesen thought that _________________________ were among the most courageous acts a human could do. (from Book Three Isak Dinesen, Chapters 33-36: Amor Fati; Seven Gothic Tales; In a Dark Wood; Out of Africa)

acknowledging and confronting an abyss.

identifying and eliminating poverty.

validating and praising people.

recognizing and acknowledging heroism.

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