Female Authorship

Question 1

Enheduanna lived in Ur over 4,200 years ago and she is the first named author in world history.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Emily Dickinson is recognised as one of the most important figures in American poetry.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Virginia Woolf is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors. She pioneered the use of _____ :

Accepted Answer

Stream of consciousness as a narrative device

Question 4

Christine de Pizan, late medieval French writer, penned 'Book of the City of Ladies' (1405) depicting a city where:

Accepted Answer

Women lived free from male slander

Question 5

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was a British _____ .

Accepted Answer

Philosopher, Writer, Advocate of women's rights

Question 6

Sappho (c. 630-570 BCE) is famous for her lyric poetry, with only one complete poem surviving, titled _____:

Accepted Answer

"Ode to Aphrodite"

Question 7

Noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu (11th century) authored 'The Tale of Genji'. It is regarded by many as the first novel.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Virginia Woolf famously said women should honor _____ as she was the one who earned them the right to speak their mind.

Accepted Answer

Aphra Behn

Question 9

One of the best known 19th-century female writers was Jane Austen. Which of these books did she write?

Accepted Answer

"Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Emma" (1815), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Oliver Twist" (1837)

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