Louisa May Alcott: An Outstanding 'Little Woman'

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1. Unlike her famous March family, Louisa's own family was extremely affluent. True False

2. Louisa's teachers included which of the following? Charles Darwin Susan B. Anthony Millard Fillmore Henry David Thoreau

3. Where was Louisa born? Boston, MA Wolcott, CT Germantown, PA Clayville, NY

4. Louisa was related to Samuel Joseph May, the well-known abolitionist. True False

5. The works which Louisa wrote under a pseudonym are considered to be of what genre? Victorian romances Gothic potboilers Biographical essays Shakespearean-esque sonnets

6. One of Louisa's later works, "Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag", is comprised of 10 volumes. True False

7. Which of the following is NOT a work by Louisa May Alcott? "Eight Cousins" "Sung Under the Silver Umbrella" "Rose in Bloom" "Lulu's Library"

8. Louisa and her sister, Anna, along with five other women, voted in the first election in Concord, MA where women were allowed to vote. For what position did they cast this historic vote? the town's alderman the state's senator the state's representative the town's dogcatcher

9. Which of the following tasks did Louisa perform during the Civil War? She was an Army nurse, tending wounded soldiers She was a Red Cross member, driving an ambulance wagon She was a volunteer, reading to soldiers who had been blinded She was an infantry soldier, carrying a rifle on the front line

10. What are Louisa's last words said to have been? "Is 'Little Women' now in a second printing?" "Does my father yet live?" "Who won the war?" "Is it not meningitis?"