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International Women's Day

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“I don't study to know more, but to ignore less,” is a famous quote by...

a)

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

b)

Margaret Cavendish

c)

Mary Wollstonecraft

d)

Edith Gerrud

2.

The first woman to be accepted into the Royal Society was...

a)

Jane Eyre

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Mary Shelley

d)

Margaret Cavendish

3.

Which famous books on Political Satire and Science-Fiction does Margaret Cavendish's "Flaming World" anticipate?

a)

"Brave New World" by A. Huxley and "1984" By G. Orwell

b)

"Neuromancer" by William Gibson

c)

"Gulliver's Travels" by J. Swift and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne.

d)

"The Maze Runner" by James Dashner.

4.

Why did Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz become a nun?

a)

Because she wanted to have access to as many books as she could read.

b)

Because she did not want to lead the life of a married woman in the 17th century.

c)

Because she was a religious person.

d)

All of the reasons above.

5.

What was Mary Wollstonecraft's most famous book?

a)

Vanity Fair

b)

A Vindication of The Rights of Woman

c)

Jane Eyre

d)

Anne of The Green Gables

6.

Where is Mary Wollstonecraft buried?

a)

Westminster's Abbey

b)

St Paul's

c)

In the yard of St Pancras Old Church

d)

None of the three

7.

Who were the first people to learn Ju Jitsu in the UK in the early 1910's?

a)

Police Officers

b)

Union Reps

c)

Soldiers

d)

The Suffragettes

8.

Which of these famous women was a famous scientist?

a)

Margarita Salas

b)

Clara Campoamor

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Charlotte Brontë

9.

Which famous British top politician said once that "feminism is poison"?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Robert Walpole

c)

Boris Johnson

d)

Margaret Thatcher

10.

What was Lise Meitner's most important discovery?

a)

Nuclear Fission

b)

Eight comets

c)

Jumping genes

d)

None of the three

11.

This picture is a feminist icon. Do you actually know who this woman was?

a)

She was known as Maggie the tinker.

b)

She was known as Maggie the riveter.

c)

She was known as Rosie the tinker.

d)

She was known as Rosie the Riveter.

12.

According to global statistics from the UN, what is the current share of women in national parliaments?

a)

26.4%

b)

22.4%

c)

20.5%

d)

50%