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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word is NOT included in the list of terms the Herland woman have no cultural understanding of?
(a) Home.
(b) Father.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Family.

2. What are the elder women protecting the men from by keeping them imprisoned?
(a) The country's wild beasts.
(b) Making social faux-pas.
(c) The young women.
(d) Their country's dangerous terrain.

3. In Herland, what is one of the marks of coming of age for a woman?
(a) Living for one year at a temple.
(b) Cutting her hair short.
(c) Having an additional room added to her suite.
(d) Having her first child.

4. How do the women punish Terry at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) The women lock Terry up in a prison.
(b) The women publicly humiliate Terry.
(c) The women banish Terry from Herland.
(d) The women execute Terry.

5. In Chapter 8, how does Vandyke discover the women regard he and his friends?
(a) As a way to learn about the outside world.
(b) As a way to re-establish a 'bi-sexual' country.
(c) As exchange students.
(d) As unwanted intruders.

6. How does Vandyke describe the Herland religion?
(a) As pacifying.
(b) As practical.
(c) As mystical.
(d) As enriching.

7. What is the relationship between Moadine and Terry like?
(a) Like mother and son.
(b) Chilly.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Friendly.

8. Who does Moadine say the men would have to face if they ever hurt any of the women?
(a) A million mothers.
(b) A violent end.
(c) A panel of elder judges.
(d) A life in prison.

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

10. In Chapter 7, with what are the men said to be "at last considered sufficiently tamed and trained to be trusted"?
(a) Mechanical equipment.
(b) Babies.
(c) Scissors.
(d) Society secrets.

11. What occupations did the men take on?
(a) Forester assistants.
(b) Assistant inventors.
(c) School instructors.
(d) Mining work.

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

13. How do women prevent pregnancy in Herland?
(a) Through will power.
(b) By taking herbal medicines.
(c) By staying away from men.
(d) By having surgery.

14. In Chapter 10, what are Herland's women said not to believe in?
(a) Independent thought.
(b) Life after death.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Preventative medicine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vandyke note the children in Herland never do?

2. What happens when Vandyke tells Ellador about infant damnation?

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

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 11?

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