Women's History Month Test

Question 1

A teenage girl who led France in battle against England during 100 Years’ War

Answer 1

Joan of Arc

Question 2

Advocated for women’s rights during the Enlightenment

Answer 2

Elizabeth 1

Question 3

Executed by her husband King Henry VIII for supposed witchcraft, adultery, incest, conspiracy, and not producing a son

Answer 3

Anne Boleyn

Question 4

Was married to 2 different and gave birth to 3 future kings

Answer 4

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Question 5

First female Prime Minister of England

Answer 5

Margaret Thatcher

Question 6

Helped discover radium and polonium

Answer 6

Marie Curie

Question 7

had heretics tortured and killed during the Inquisition

Answer 7

Isabella 1

Question 8

The last Pharaoh of Egypt

Answer 8

Cleopatra

Question 9

Hid in an attic and died in a concentration camp in WWII

Answer 9

Anne Frank

Question 10

A nun who lived/worked in India, will become a saint in 2016.

Answer 10

Mother Teresa

Question 11

Wrote Frankenstein, considered the first Science Fiction Novel

Answer 11

Mary Shelly

Question 12

“I am not afraid… I was born to do this.”

Answer 12

Joan of Arc

Question 13

“I will not be triumphed over.”

Answer 13

Cleopatra

Question 14

“I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and of a King of England to.”

Answer 14

Elizabeth 1

Question 15

“Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.”

Answer 15

Anne Frank

Question 16

“I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make.”

Answer 16

Marie Antoinette

Question 17

“In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”

Answer 17

Margaret Thatcher