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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, "A Not Unnatural Enterprise".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Vandyck's surname?
(a) Jenkins.
(b) James.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Jennings.

2. What intrigues Vandyck as he and his party travel upstream in Chapter 1?
(a) Something that sounds like yelling coming from the jungle.
(b) The high cliffs that surround them.
(c) The guides' conversations.
(d) The color of the water.

3. What are Vandyck, Terry and Jeff prepared to do if they find there are men in the all-female society?
(a) Run away.
(b) Defend themselves.
(c) Offer the men money.
(d) Return with a larger exploratory party.

4. Where did the author live with her second husband for twenty-two years?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New York.

5. What genre of fiction does "Herland" belong to?
(a) Utopian fiction.
(b) Science fiction.
(c) Literary fiction.
(d) Historical fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men decide to leave on the motorboat?

2. What do Vandyck and his fellow explorers share an interest in?

3. What do the men not see while flying over the female society's land?

4. How is the author's childhood described in the foreword?

5. Who is the author of "Herland"?

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