Quiz  /  Women Writers of England (Mostly) Quiz

  • 1. 
    Who was the chief model for the character Orlando in Virginia Woolf’s novel of that name?

  • Katherine Mansfield
  • Rebecca West
  • Dame Ethel Smyth
  • Vita Sackville-West

  • 2. 
    Which of these authors wrote only one novel?

  • Charlotte Brontë
  • Emily Brontë
  • Jane Austen
  • George Eliot

  • 3. 
    What is the pseudonym of the author of the novel Middlemarch?

  • Saki
  • Ellis Bell
  • George Eliot
  • O. Henry

  • 4. 
    Who was the first Englishwoman known to earn her living by writing?

  • Jane Austen
  • Aphra Behn
  • Fanny Burney
  • Charlotte Brontë

  • 5. 
    Which of the following wrote an entire book based on the imagined memories of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s dog, Flush?

  • Robert Browning
  • Virginia Woolf
  • Beatrix Potter
  • George Eliot

  • 6. 
    Who sometimes used the pseudonym Mrs. Ogniblat L'Artsau?

  • George Sand
  • Miles Franklin
  • Henry Handel Richardson
  • George Eliot

  • 7. 
    For which international organization was J.K. Rowling working when she started writing the Harry Potter stories?

  • UNESCO
  • WHO
  • Amnesty International
  • UNICEF

  • 8. 
    Which of Agatha Christie’s plays set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre?

  • Witness for Prosecution
  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • The Mousetrap

  • 9. 
    What pseudonym did Emily Brontë use?

  • Ellis Bell
  • George Sand
  • George Eliot
  • Henry Handel Richardson

  • 10. 
    Which novelist is considered a pioneer in stream-of-consciousness novels?

  • Dorothy Richardson
  • Jane Austen
  • Virginia Woolf
  • Katherine Mansfield
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