Bechdel Test

Bechdel Test

Assessment

Interactive Video

Education

10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jamie Micheletto

Used 2+ times

FREE Resource

6 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the Bechdel Test, how many women must be in a film to pass?

One

Two

Three

Four

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one requirement of the Bechdel Test?

Women must be friends

Women must have a conversation about fashion

Women must talk about something other than a man

Women must be the main characters

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In Virginia Woolf's famous work, A Room of One's Own, she notes that women in literature are: (choose all that apply)

Almost always shown in their relation to men

Almost always mothers or daughters

Misrepresented as shrews

Misrepresented as overly matronly

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of named characters were female according to the Geena Davis Institute?

16%

31%

48%

72

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the added requirement of the user-created Bechdel Test website?

The cast be at least 23% female

The technical crew must have at least one woman

The female characters must talk at least 31% of the time

The female characters must be named

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Is the Bechdel test meant to determine what films are great?

Yes

No