Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What disease did Dinesen contract from Bror? (from Book Two Tania, Chapters 15-20: Sea Change; A Still Country; The Clear Darkness; Safari Life; Lucifer's Child; The Wing of Death)

Tuberculosis.

Malaria.

Syphilis.

Pneumonia.

2.

What did Dinesen and Bror do after Thomas left the farm? (from Book Two Tania, Chapters 21-24: Dramatis Personae; Intermezzo; Thomas; Kamante and Lulu)

Hired a new foreman.

Built a school.

Separated.

Sold the farm.

3.

Dinesen's stories about Bjornvig in the 1950s were about _______________________. (from Book Three Isak Dinesen, Chapters 41-46: Folie a Deux; Goddess and Barfly; The Immortal Story; The Pact Is Broken; Betrayals; Should Not My Mind Keep the Knots?)

the collision of geniuses.

platonic friends.

soul mates.

love without sex.

4.

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.

Cancer.

Syphilis.

5.

What did Dinesen try to do after Bror left? (from Book Two Tania, Chapters 25-28: A Love of Parallels; Nature and the Ideal; Holding Out; A Release from Self)

Run the coffee plantation.

Sell the farm.

Open a safari business.

Start a jewelry company.

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