Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why did Dinesen arrange to have a biography written? (from Book Four Pellegrina, Chapters 47-52: Baksheesh; Echoes;)

She made a deal with a publisher.

She wasn't comfortable writing a memoir.

She wanted some sort of legacy.

She bowed to her fans' pressure.

2.

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

Dinesen's physician.

Dinesen's lover.

Dinesen's accountant.

Dinesen's brother-in-law.

3.

How did Hans Blixen die? (from Book Two Tania, Chapters 15-20: Sea Change; A Still Country; The Clear Darkness; Safari Life; Lucifer's Child; The Wing of Death)

In a lake.

In an airplane crash.

In a car crash.

A terminal illness.

4.

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)

1954.

1930.

1935.

1922.

5.

What was the nature of the relationship between Dinesen and Thomas? (from Book Two Tania, Chapters 21-24: Dramatis Personae; Intermezzo; Thomas; Kamante and Lulu)

Contentious.

Loving.

Shy.

Amiable.

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