Great Women

1. How did Marie Curie finance her sister Bronisława's medical studies in Paris?

• A) By using the prize money from a gold medal she won
• B) By taking a loan from her father who was a teacher
• C) By working as a governess and sending her earnings
• D) By getting a grant from the nationalist 'free university'

2. What is the name of the science-fiction work written by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain?

• A) Deepali Sangha
• B) The Old Man and the Girl
• C) Sultana's Dream
• D) Argus Under Anaesthesia

3. In which city was Marie Curie born?

• A) Paris
• B) Warsaw
• C) London
• D) Berlin

4. According to the text, what historical event does Razia Khan Amin's poem 'Argus Under Anaesthesia' depict?

• A) The Partition of 1947
• B) The brutality of the 1971 Liberation War
• C) The Language Movement of 1952
• D) The Noakhali riots of 1946

5. Besides environmental conservation, what was a key socio-economic objective of the Green Belt Movement?

• A) To establish a Pan African political party
• B) To give women a positive image and assert their leadership
• C) To focus exclusively on protecting soil quality
• D) To provide university scholarships for rural students

6. What was the primary function of the 'Deepali Sangha' founded by Leela Nag in 1923?

• A) To establish free primary schools for girls
• B) To raise funds for flood victims
• C) To serve as a training institute for anti-colonial activists
• D) To create a self-defense institute for girls in Bengal

7. What common characteristic does the text trace among the women of the Department of English at Dhaka University, from Leela Nag to her successors?

• A) A focus on environmental activism
• B) A shared interest in scientific research
• C) A tradition of becoming celebrated poets
• D) A linear development of social activism infused with feminism