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Familiar Quotations? - Women Trivia Quiz

I will supply a quotation, generally using Bartleby.com, the "Penguin," and "Oxford" quotations about women and four choices. Simply select who said it.

A multiple-choice quiz by mnbates. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
mnbates

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
127,095

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
619

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history." Hint

Mary Shelley

Christina Rossetti

Jane Austen

George Eliot

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Question 2 of 10

2. "There is a tide in the affairs of women, which, taken at the flood, leads - God knows where." Hint

Percy Byshhe Shelley

John Keats

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

George Gordon, Lord Byron

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals." Hint

Ambrose Bierce

George Bernard Shaw

Oscar Wilde

Dr. Samuel Johnson

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Question 4 of 10

4. "A perfect woman, nobly planned, to warn, to comfort, and command." Hint

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Sir Walter Scott

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

William Wordsworth

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Question 5 of 10

5. "O Woman! In our hours of ease/ Uncertain, coy, and hard to please." Hint

William Wordsworth

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Sir Walter Scott

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Question 6 of 10

6. "For the female of the species is more deadly than the male." Hint

Anthony Trollope

H.G. Wells

Rudyard Kipling

George Bernard Shaw

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Question 7 of 10

7. "It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can." Hint

George Bernard Shaw

Charles Dickens

Oscar Wilde

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Question 8 of 10

8. "A lady's imagination is very rapid. It jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment." Hint

Charlotte Bronte

George Eliot

Jane Austen

Emily Bronte

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies." Hint

"The Bible - Ecclesiastes"

"The Bible - Song of Solomon"

"The Bible - Psalms"

"The Bible - Proverbs"

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Stay far hence, far hence, forbidding women!" Hint

Catullus

Ovid

Martial

Juvenal

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history."

Answer: George Eliot

From "The Mill on the Floss," book six chapter three. An unusual sentiment from one who many women consider a feminist.

2. "There is a tide in the affairs of women, which, taken at the flood, leads - God knows where."

Answer: George Gordon, Lord Byron

From "Don Juan," verse six, line 12. Contrast with Shakespeare's "Julius Ceasar" act 3 line 217.

3. "Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals."

Answer: Oscar Wilde

From "The Picture of Dorian Gray," chapter one line four.

4. "A perfect woman, nobly planned, to warn, to comfort, and command."

Answer: William Wordsworth

From "She Was a Phantom of Delight." Sounds almost masochistic.

5. "O Woman! In our hours of ease/ Uncertain, coy, and hard to please."

Answer: Sir Walter Scott

From "Marmion," he does, however, go on to say, "When pain and anguish wring the brow/ A minstering angel, thou."

6. "For the female of the species is more deadly than the male."

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

"When hunter meets with husband, each confirms the others tale."
From the excellent "The Female of the Species."

7. "It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can."

Answer: George Bernard Shaw

From "Man and Superman" act II. A fairly ascerbic play.

8. "A lady's imagination is very rapid. It jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."

Answer: Jane Austen

From "Pride and Prejudice," said by Mr Darcy.

9. "Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies."

Answer: "The Bible - Proverbs"

"Proverbs" 31:10, but compare with "Proverbs" 12:4, "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband."

10. "Stay far hence, far hence, forbidding women!"

Answer: Ovid

From "Amores": "Procul hinc, procul este, severae," if you prefer the Latin.

Source: Author mnbates

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