1. Sorghaghtani Beki is reputed to have been both intelligent and powerful. She was also the mother of...?
   A)  Kublai Khan

   B)  Emperor Han Chengdi

   C)  Confucius

2. Nur Jahan was the favorite wife of the Indian Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Within nine years of her marriage to him, she was virtually running the empire. What led to her rise?
   A)  Jahangir's frequent and extended travels

   B)  Jahangir's use of drugs and alcohol

   C)  Jahangir's death

3. Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting at the Japanese Imperial court, wrote The Tale of the Genji, one of the world's earliest novels. The novel centers around the life of a fictitious Japanese prince who lived during the same era as did the author, which was the
   A)  Jomon period

   B)  Heian period

   C)  Edo period

4. Queen Sondok of Silla ruled for fourteen years during the 7th century CE, and was the first of three female rulers of Silla, one of the early Three Kingdoms of...?
   A)  Burma

   B)  Cambodia

   C)  Korea

5. Wu Zetian was the only female to rule as Empress in feudal China. Known for her wit, intelligence and beauty, she proved to be an able ruler, introducing many governmental and social reforms. She said that the ideal ruler was one who...
   A)  ruled like a mother does over her children

   B)  ruled like a stern and unyielding father

   C)  ruled with the compassionate wisdom of a grandmother

6. In 40 CE, the Trung sisters led an army of 80,000 against the Chinese, who had conquered their country of...
   A)  Cambodia

   B)  Manchuria

   C)  Viet Nam

7. Hua Mulan's name means heroine and her story has inspired poems, essays, operas, and paintings. For what is this Chinese woman famous?
   A)  saving her husband from hanging

   B)  serving in the army disguised as a man

   C)  leading a band of marauders to their drowning

8. This sixth century empress was the first female imperial ruler of Japan. She was placed on the throne to avert a power struggle between two rival clans. Who was she?
   A)  Empress Gemmei

   B)  Empress Saimei

   C)  Empress Suiko

9. Trien Au lived during the second century CE and is sometimes called the Vietnamese Joan of Arc. Before she was even twenty-one years old, she had raised an army of at least one thousand and won over thirty battles against the Chinese. How did she lead her troops into battle?
   A)  wearing a golden armor, riding an elephant

   B)  wearing leather britches, carrying her father's sword

   C)  dressed totally in black, riding a black stallion

10. India's beautiful Taj Mahal was built as a tomb and as a monument to the love between Mumtaz Mahal and her husband, Shah Jahan I, when Mumtaz died in childbirth after bearing fourteen children. Named Arjumand Banu Begum at birth, her married name meant...
   A)  beautiful blossom of summer

   B)  beloved ornament of the palace

   C)  beautiful and honored mother