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The best fictional females – quiz

To celebrate International Women's Day we've got a quiz to test your knowledge of the best fictional heroines and female authors
  
  


  1. What number Hunger Games is the first that feisty heroine Katniss Everdeen participates in in the trilogy by Suzanne Collins?

    1. 74th

    2. 75th

    3. 76th

    4. 77th

  2. In Veronica Roth’s dystopian thriller Divergent, which three factions is Tris equally suited to, making her a Divergent?

    1. Amity, Candor and Dauntless

    2. Abnegation, Erudite and Dauntless

    3. Abnegation, Amity and Candor

    4. Candor, Dauntless and Erudite

  3. In the coming of age novel I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, Rose tells Cassandra she wants to live in the books of which classic female author?

    1. Charlotte Bronte

    2. Agatha Christie

    3. Jane Austen

    4. Virginia Woolf

  4. In John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, which film actress does Augustus compare Hazel to?

    1. Natalie Portman

    2. Audrey Hepburn

    3. Scarlett Johansson

    4. Marilyn Monroe

  5. Annabeth in the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan is the daughter of which powerful Greek goddess?

    1. Aphrodite

    2. Athena

    3. Artemis

    4. Hera

  6. Tamora Pierce has written many different series with heroic female leads. Which of the below is the correct chronological order of the Tortall series?

    1. Tricksters, Protector of the Small, Song of the Lioness, The Immortals, Provost’s Dog

    2. Provost’s Dog, Song of the Lioness, The Immortals, Protector of the Small, Tricksters

    3. Song of the Lioness, The Immortals, Protector of the Small, Tricksters, Provost’s Dog

    4. The Immortals, Protector of the Small, Tricksters, Provost’s Dog, Song of the Lioness

  7. Which YA author recently said: "I do wish I had a dime for every email I get that says, "Please put a non-girly cover on your book so I can read it. - signed, A Guy."

    1. Veronica Roth

    2. Malorie Blackman

    3. Maureen Johnson

    4. Lydia Syson

  8. What was Hermione’s last name going to be before JK Rowling changed it to Granger?

    1. Walter

    2. Twitt

    3. Puckle

    4. Rogers

  9. Which bestselling female author is the Children’s Laureate for 2013-2015?

    1. Malorie Blackman

    2. Jacqueline Wilson

    3. Sally Gardner

    4. Julia Donaldson

  10. What nickname is protagonist Lyra given in Philip Pullman’s The Dark Materials trilogy? (clue: she later adopts it as a last name!)

    1. Silvertongue

    2. Silverfoot

    3. Silvercrest

    4. Silverhand

Solutions

1:A, 2:B, 3:C, 4:A, 5:B, 6:B, 7:C, 8:C, 9:A, 10:A

Scores

  1. 6 and above.

    Hmm, we think we detect a fault in your answers... Channel your inner goddess and give the quiz another go!

  2. 9 and above.

    Ooh, you’re a knife’s edge away from full marks here. Try again!

  3. 10 and above.

    Girl power! Who needs guys, eh?

 

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