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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellador tell Vandyke her religion lacks?
(a) Horrifying ideas.
(b) A supportive God figure.
(c) A central location for religious observation.
(d) Elaborate ceremonies.

2. Who helps Alima subdue Terry in Chapter 11?
(a) Jeff.
(b) Zava.
(c) Moadine.
(d) Somel.

3. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) The Girls of Herland.
(b) Danger for Terry.
(c) Discovering Herland.
(d) A Lecture to the Youth.

4. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) Our Relations and Theirs.
(b) Our Difficulties.
(c) Happy Marriages.
(d) Miscommunication.

5. In Chapter 7, what do the men learn the women in Herland do not have?
(a) Siblings.
(b) Birth certificates.
(c) Surnames.
(d) Navels.

6. What is Terry's courtship with his partner like?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Short-lived.
(c) Completely platonic.
(d) Stormy.

7. What helps minimize Vandyke's desire for his wife?
(a) Pursuing his hobbies.
(b) His wife's rude behavior.
(c) His wife's style of dress.
(d) Concentrating on his research.

8. What does Vandyke note the children in Herland never do?
(a) Complain of boredom.
(b) Talk back to their elders.
(c) Work.
(d) Get into mischief.

9. At the lecture, what kind of girls is Jeff popular with?
(a) The athletic girls.
(b) The demure girls.
(c) The scientifically-minded girls.
(d) The artistic girls.

10. How does Terry act towards the girls in the group that forms around him?
(a) Bashful.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) Hurtful.
(d) Charismatically.

11. What is Terry's view of sexuality?
(a) An expression of dominance.
(b) An expression of health.
(c) An expression of hatred.
(d) An expression of love.

12. Which of the girls is assigned to court Vandyck?
(a) Zava.
(b) Alima.
(c) Ellador.
(d) Ceris.

13. What are the men asked to lecture the young women about?
(a) Health and fitness.
(b) The geography of the outside world.
(c) The history of the outside world.
(d) Scientific discoveries.

14. What do the women dislike about marriage in the outside world?
(a) That it is considered bad for children to be born to unwed couples.
(b) That men never take their wives' names.
(c) That a religious ceremony is held to unify husbands and wives.
(d) That men and women don't get to choose who they will marry.

15. What do the women of Herland have to do to honor their Mother Goddess?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Make sacrifices.
(c) Follow the directions of the religious texts.
(d) Behave a certain way.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies the men on their tour of the country?

2. How old was Ellador when she caught a butterfly?

3. What sense does Vandyke say the men lacked in their marriages?

4. How does Vandyke describe the Herland religion?

5. What fraction of the total American female population is made up of poor women?

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