Okay, here’s a pop quiz! Jot your answers down. Answers are posted under the comment section. Have fun!
Question 1:
Many women of the 19th century began writing to…
1. Support themselves and their children.
2. Become rich and famous.
3. Make men mad.
4. Create masterpieces.
Question 2:
How did Jane Austen publish her novel?
1. Under a pseudonym.
2. Anonymously.
3. Posthumously.
4. By Jane Austen.
Question 3:
Who wrote A Jury of Her Peers?
1. Virginia Woolf
2. Susan Glaspell
3. Irene Roach
4. Emily Bronte
Question 4:
Anne of Green Gables is based on the childhood experiences of who?
1. Lucy Maud Montgomery
2. Anne Shirley
3. Marilla Cuthbert
4. Diana Barry
Question 5:
The Harriet Beecher-Stowe novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin is about…
1. Romance.
2. The end of the world.
3. Anti-slavery.
4. Going away for the weekend
Question 6:
What woman writer is often considered the “Irish Jane Austen”?
1. Maggie O’ Sullivan
2. Mary O’ Neill
3. Emma Donoghue
4. Maria Edgeworth
Question 7:
How many sisters make up the Bronte family?
2
3
4
5
Question 8:
What novel is Louisa May Alcott most famous for writing?
1. Tom Thumb
2. Moon Over Varga
3. Little Women
4. Little Fingers
Question 9:
What did male authors do in response to the splurge of female writers in the 19th century?
1. They relished the competition.
2. They began to write under feminine pseudonyms.
3. They picketed their publishers
4. They didn’t think it would last
Question 10:
19th Century writing by women authors…
1. Has paved the way for modern day women authors.
2. Stands up to the male authors of the same period.
3. Needs to be studied more in the classrooms.
4. All of the above.
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on July 16, 2006 - 12:42 am
Answers to quiz:
Question 1:
A: Support themselves and their children.
Many women writers chose writing as a form of income to help support themselves and their families while still being a home.
Question 2:
A: Anonymously.
Like many women of this era, Jane Austen published her novels anonymously.
Question 3:
A: Susan Glaspell
Question 4:
A: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Using her childhood experiences in Prince Edward Island, Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote Anne of Green Gables
Question 5:
A: Anti-slavery.
Question 6:
A: Maria Edgeworth
Question 7:
A: 3
There were three sisters in the Bronte family, Emily, Anne and Charlotte who became successful writers. Two other sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, died at an early age
Question 8:
A: Little Women
Louisa May Alcott is best known for writing the partially autobiographical novel Little Women
Question 9:
A: They began to write under feminine pseudonyms.
With the increase of popularity of female authors and of female readers wanting to read female authors, male authors began to write under feminine pseudonyms.
Question 10:
A: All of the above.
19th Century Women authors like Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters have paved the way for modern day women authors. While their works are a significant contribution as any male author from the same period they are still not as widely studied as many male authors from the same period… unless you take Women´s Studies.
(Quiz compliments of BellaOnline).
on July 16, 2006 - 10:13 am
What fun Vicki, I answered 6 out of 10 correctly! I even surprised myself. Love and ~hugs~
on July 17, 2006 - 7:25 pm
Welcome to the Writing For Christ webring!!
on July 18, 2006 - 9:37 am
Great quiz! It makes me want to pick up some of the classics I’ve neglected for years. Thanks for the inspiration.
on July 18, 2006 - 5:38 pm
Fun quiz, but I didn’t score so well. Maybe I need to get better in touch with my “feminine side”?
Naw!
on July 18, 2006 - 8:43 pm
Cool quiz. Shame I don’t know much. lol Oh well.
God bless.
on July 19, 2006 - 3:57 pm
Fun quiz! Although I didn’t score so well (4/10).
on March 5, 2007 - 4:57 am
I love your website. The quizes are fun also.