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<qn=1><q>Elizabeth the First was such an exceptionally efficient ruler, that some historians have suggested she was really ?<o><o1>a Jesuit priest<o2>a goddess<o3>an hermaphrodite or a man<o4>a eunuch<a>3
<qn=2><q>Joan of Arc was probably the most famous medieval woman. In which year did she die?<o><o1>1466<o2>1498<o3>1431<o4>1510<a>3
<qn=3><q>Boadicea, the Icenian rebel Queen committed suicide after her final defeat, but what did she invent?<o><o1>spikes on the outside of chariot wheels<o2>the poisoned arrow-head<o3>reinforced shields<o4>the armoured face mask<a>1
<qn=4><q>John Stuart Mill published 'The Subjection Of Women' in 1869, in collaboration with his step-daughter Helen Taylor and his wife whose name was _______?<o><o1>Margaret Taylor<o2>Elizabeth Taylor<o3>Harriet Taylor<o4>Frances Taylor<a>3
<qn=5><q>Christine De Pisan (1364-1430) was a writer of history, philosophy and poetry for various French noblemen of her time. What was her birth country?<o><o1>Germany<o2>Belgium<o3>The Netherlands<o4>Italy<a>4
<qn=6><q>Aphra Behn (1640-89) was a prolific writer and the first Englishwoman to make a living from it. She worked for Charles II as?<o><o1>a spy<o2>a governess<o3>a chambermaid<o4>a cook<a>1
<qn=7><q>Who wrote 'All women together should let flowers fall on the tomb of Aphra Behn... for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds'?<o><o1>Queen Victoria<o2>Dorothy Parker<o3>Virginia Woolf<o4>Germaine Greer<a>3
<qn=8><q>A true mother of feminism, I wrote 'A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women' in 1792. Who am I?<o><o1>Mary Astell<o2>Mary Wollstonecraft<o3>Emma Goldman<o4>Susan B. Anthony<a>2
<qn=9><q>Who wrote 'The Second Sex' published in 1949?<o><o1>Rita Mae Brown<o2>Virginia Woolf<o3>Simone de Beauvoir<o4>Betty Friedan<a>3
<qn=10><q>Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was born into an aristocratic family in St. Petersburg. What was her accomplishment?<o><o1>first woman on a space flight<o2>first woman on the Bolshevik government<o3>a mistress of Stalin<o4>to publish 'free sex' papers in Russia<a>2
<qn=11><q>When Queen Cleopatra assumed the throne, she chose a second name, which of the following is it?<o><o1>Euergetes<o2>Philopater<o3>Soter<o4>Epiphanes<a>2
<qn=12><q>She was the mother of Nero and the last wife of Claudius, whom she murdered by poisoning his mushrooms, one of his favourite dishes. Which of the following is it?<o><o1>Drusilla<o2>Agrippina<o3>Messalina<o4>Antonia<a>2
<qn=13><q>This woman assumed the throne of Egypt by setting aside her nephew and stepson. She took on the attributes of the pharaoh's and let herself be depicted as a man. Which of the following is it?<o><o1>Nefertari<o2>Nechbet<o3>Teje<o4>Hatshepsut<a>4

