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Women's Suffrage and the Suffragettes: Militant Tactics and Their Consequences

This quiz delves into the militant tactics employed by the suffragettes in their fight for women's suffrage and the consequences they faced.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is widely recognized as the leader of the militant suffragette movement in Britain?

  1. Emmeline Pankhurst
  2. Millicent Fawcett
  3. Sylvia Pankhurst
  4. Christabel Pankhurst
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the newspaper published by the WSPU?

  1. The Suffragette
  2. Votes for Women
  3. The Common Cause
  4. The Woman's Herald
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which suffragette was imprisoned for the first time in 1905 for heckling a Liberal politician during a public meeting?

  1. Annie Kenney
  2. Christabel Pankhurst
  3. Emmeline Pankhurst
  4. Sylvia Pankhurst
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the act passed in 1913 that increased the penalties for militant suffragettes?

  1. The Cat and Mouse Act
  2. The Suffragette Act
  3. The Women's Suffrage Act
  4. The Militant Tactics Act
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which suffragette was the first to die in prison as a result of her hunger strike?

  1. Emily Davison
  2. Mary Richardson
  3. Marion Wallace Dunlop
  4. Ethel Smyth
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the suffragette who threw a hatchet at the Prime Minister's car in 1913?

  1. Mary Richardson
  2. Emily Davison
  3. Sylvia Pankhurst
  4. Christabel Pankhurst
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which suffragette was responsible for setting fire to the tea pavilion at Kew Gardens in 1913?

  1. Olive Wharry
  2. Louisa Garrett Anderson
  3. Hannah Mitchell
  4. Flora Drummond
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the suffragette who chained herself to the railings of Buckingham Palace in 1914?

  1. Ethel Smyth
  2. Emmeline Pankhurst
  3. Sylvia Pankhurst
  4. Christabel Pankhurst
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which suffragette was responsible for slashing the painting "Rokeby Venus" by Diego Velázquez in 1914?

  1. Mary Richardson
  2. Emily Davison
  3. Sylvia Pankhurst
  4. Christabel Pankhurst
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the suffragette who attempted to blow up Lloyd George's house in 1914?

  1. Sylvia Pankhurst
  2. Emmeline Pankhurst
  3. Christabel Pankhurst
  4. Ethel Smyth
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which suffragette was responsible for setting fire to the empty railway carriage at Oxted railway station in 1914?

  1. Olive Wharry
  2. Louisa Garrett Anderson
  3. Hannah Mitchell
  4. Flora Drummond
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the suffragette who chained herself to the railings of the Houses of Parliament in 1914?

  1. Ethel Smyth
  2. Emmeline Pankhurst
  3. Sylvia Pankhurst
  4. Christabel Pankhurst
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which suffragette was responsible for slashing the painting "Rokeby Venus" by Diego Velázquez in 1914?

  1. Mary Richardson
  2. Emily Davison
  3. Sylvia Pankhurst
  4. Christabel Pankhurst
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the suffragette who attempted to blow up Lloyd George's house in 1914?

  1. Sylvia Pankhurst
  2. Emmeline Pankhurst
  3. Christabel Pankhurst
  4. Ethel Smyth
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which suffragette was responsible for setting fire to the empty railway carriage at Oxted railway station in 1914?

  1. Olive Wharry
  2. Louisa Garrett Anderson
  3. Hannah Mitchell
  4. Flora Drummond
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