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Florence Nightingale

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Florence Nightingale born?

a)

Parthenope

b)

Florence

c)

Rome

d)

Nightingale

2.

When on the tour of Europe, what did Nightingale make notes on?

a)

Handsome men

b)

Flowers

c)

Population Statistics

d)

Gardens

3.

Who did she feel inspired her to be a nurse?

a)

Her father

b)

Her mother

c)

Sidney Herbert

d)

God

4.

Why did Nightingale's parents disapprove of nursing?

a)

It was only done by men

b)

It was only done by servants

c)

It was to expensive to do the training

d)

There were no training schools

5.

In what country did Nightingale train as a nurse?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Wales

6.

Which Army hospital did Nightingale take nurses to during the Crimean War?

a)

Scutari

b)

Istanbul

c)

Sevastapool

d)

Fleetwood

7.

How many nurses did Nightingale take with her to Turkey?

a)

1

b)

19

c)

29

d)

38

8.

Despite cleaning the hospital why didn't the death rate go down?

a)

They didn't clean enough

b)

They cleaned too much

c)

People were drinking polluted water

d)

They only cleaned the clothes, not the floor

9.

Nightingale proved how many out of 18000 deaths had been from disease not combat?

a)

16000

b)

16500

c)

17000

d)

17500

10.

Nightingale invented a new way to present information to give it a bigger impact. What was it called?

a)

Bar Graph

b)

Scatter Diagram

c)

Pictogram

d)

Pie Chart

11.

Nightingale refused to believe which major breakthrough in understanding?

a)

That Gravity worked

b)

That electricity could make phones work

c)

That germs caused illness

d)

That the world was round

12.

Which country did Nightingale campaign to prevent famine?

a)

Italy

b)

Scotland

c)

India

d)

Chnia

13.

Nightingale was the first woman to receive what award?

a)

Order of Merit

b)

George Cross

c)

Victoria Cross

d)

Royal Humane Society Gold Medal

14.

How old was Nightingale when she died?

a)

60

b)

70

c)

80

d)

90