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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moadine assume about poor women?
(a) That they are lazy.
(b) That they are happy.
(c) That they do not have children.
(d) That they are unmarried.

2. Who expresses thankfulness at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Vandyke, Terry and Jeff.
(b) The wise women of the temples.
(c) Somel, Moadine and Zava.
(d) Elldor, Ceris and Alima.

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

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

5. What is suggested to have disappeared due to the lack of men?
(a) Athletics.
(b) Eating meat.
(c) "Feminine" clothing.
(d) Warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women insist on in their relationships with the men?

2. Which word is NOT included in the list of terms the Herland woman have no cultural understanding of?

3. Why does Somel say a Herland mother would allow someone else to raise her child?

4. What word does Ellador ask Vandyke to define in Chapter 10?

5. Why are food-bearing trees considered better than field crops?

Short Essay Questions

1. What displeases the women about marriage in the outside world?

2. What assumptions does Moadine make about wealthy and poor women in America?

3. In Chapter 7, why has Terry sunk in the esteem of his friends?

4. What are Ellador's beliefs about love-making?

5. Who is chosen to court each of the men, and how does each man treat his assigned partner?

6. In Chapter 9, what do we learn girls in Herland are taught to think about themselves while growing up?

7. Why did Herland come to rely on food-bearing trees for its food supply?

8. Why don't her Herland people believe in life after death?

9. What reason does Moadine give Terry for the men's ongoing imprisonment?

10. What are the men asked to do by the elder women in Chapter 8? What do the young women ask the men?

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