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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. As the men's tour continues, what does Terry learn to do?
(a) Be less offensive.
(b) Say "I love you" in the local language.
(c) Skirt the difficult questions he is asked.
(d) Play a native card game.

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

6. Who are children raised by after the age of one or two?
(a) By the community.
(b) By a wise woman in a temple.
(c) By their grandmothers.
(d) By trained child nurses.

7. What are girls in Herland raised to believe?
(a) That the world is a small place.
(b) That the world sits on the back of a giant bee.
(c) That the world is a friendly place.
(d) That the world is a dangerous place.

8. In Herland, what makes Terry seem ridiculous to his friends?
(a) Terry's dislike of the local customs.
(b) Terry's manly qualities.
(c) The way Terry flirts with the women.
(d) Terry's ignorance of the local language.

9. Which type of person is Herland said to lack entirely?
(a) Unhealthy.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Homeless.
(d) Angry.

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

11. How does Alima feel about Terry after they marry?
(a) Disinterested.
(b) Enamored.
(c) Repulsed.
(d) Curious.

12. What does Vandyke explain the men and the women have different ideas about in Chapter 11?
(a) What trust meant.
(b) What partnership meant.
(c) What love meant.
(d) What loyalty meant.

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

14. Why are food-bearing trees considered better than field crops?
(a) Trees attract birds.
(b) Trees take up less space.
(c) Trees produce food year round.
(d) Trees also provide shelter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Terry say is the only thing the women can think of in relation to men?

2. When are the men allowed to leave their confinement?

3. In Chapter 7, what appears to be the crowning achievement of Herland?

4. What aspect of Herland culture has been simplified for the sake of the children?

5. What complaint does Terry have about Herland society in Chapter 9?

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