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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "Their Religions and Our Marriages".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellador indicate to the men through hand gesture?
(a) That the men should leave.
(b) That the men can share the girls' food.
(c) That the men are welcome.
(d) That the men are in danger.

2. What do the women of Herland use to educate their children?
(a) Solitary study.
(b) Learning games.
(c) Memorization techniques.
(d) Strict testing.

3. What is the purpose of the expedition the three men are on?
(a) To map the many islands of a tropical area.
(b) To photograph exotic bird species.
(c) To chart tributaries of a great river.
(d) To locate the ruins of an ancient civilization.

4. Which of the men's personal effects is missing when they awake in Chapter 3?
(a) Their money.
(b) Their books.
(c) Their toiletries.
(d) Their clothes.

5. How many women are in the room adjoining where the men woke up?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charles Walter Stetson do for a living?

2. Whose Utopian novel influenced the author's interest in socialism?

3. What genre of fiction does "Herland" belong to?

4. Why do the tutors say the men are being held captive?

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

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