How much do YOU know about our Parisian prodigy??? Take this quiz to find out! (I'm warning you, it's a tough one! But don't despair... a majority of the answers can be found elsewhere in this site. So surf before you answer...)

1. Sophie Germain was born in Paris on 1 April, 1776. What was the name of the street on which she was born?

Rue Ste. Lambert
Rue Plumet
Rue Ste. Denis
Rue de Savoie

2. What was Sophie's birth order?

First born
Middle child
Youngest
None. she was an only child.

3. On what date in history was Sophie finally awarded the prestigious medal of one kilogram of gold from the First Class of the Institute of Paris?

23 September, 1816.
12 September, 1816.
8 January, 1816.
10 April, 1816.

4. Sophie died of Breast Cancer on 26 June, 1831. During what year did she receive the Breast Cancer diagnosis?

1830
1829
1818
1831

5. During her later years, Sophie Germain did some work that explored the behavior of orbits and objects disturbing them. Years after her death, a man named Adams used her calculations and wound up discovering which planet?

Neptune
Uranus
Pluto
Saturn

6. On a fateful day in 1789, Sophie's interest turned toward mathematics when she read the story of the death of Archemedes in the book "L'histoire de les Mathematiques." Who was the author of this book?

Lagrange
Montucla
Newton
Gauss

7. What was the title of the book written by author Moliere that lead pre-revolutionary France to mock the intellectual exploits of women?

Mme. Bovary
Les Miserables
La Femme Savanta
Mme. de la Grande Bouche

8.Near the end of her life, Sophie turned her concentration away from math and physics and to what subject?

Philosophy
Art
History
Biology

9.Who of the following was not a judge in the contest of 1816?

Laplace
Legendre
Poisson
Lagrange

10. To whose "Theory of Positivity" can Sophie Germain's later work be considered a contribution to?

Einstein
Comte
Kant
Freud

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