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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men have a hard time conveying their ideas about to the women they are courting?
(a) Families.
(b) Leaving Herland.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Religion.

2. Which of the girls is assigned to court Vandyck?
(a) Ellador.
(b) Zava.
(c) Alima.
(d) Ceris.

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

4. In Chapter 7, what does Terry insist cannot be passed down genetically?
(a) Disease.
(b) Work ethic.
(c) Acquired traits.
(d) Knowledge.

5. What are the lives of Herland girls equated to?
(a) An enchanting game.
(b) A fairy tale.
(c) A school holiday.
(d) A little girl's dream.

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

7. How old was Ellador when she caught a butterfly?
(a) Eight years old.
(b) Six years old.
(c) Eleven years old.
(d) Ten years old.

8. How do the men feel about their own society as the women question them?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Inspired.
(c) Proud.
(d) Confused.

9. What does Vandyke note the children in Herland never do?
(a) Get into mischief.
(b) Complain of boredom.
(c) Work.
(d) Talk back to their elders.

10. What word does Ellador ask Vandyke to define in Chapter 10?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Sin.
(c) Blessing.
(d) Worship.

11. Which of the following is NOT said to be lacking in Herland's literature?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Bloodlust.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Sexual motivation.

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

13. Why did some women in Herland choose not to have children?
(a) The population threatened to outgrow their resources.
(b) They fear the pain of childbirth.
(c) They fear witnessing their child's death.
(d) They do not like children.

14. Where did the men want to live with their wives?
(a) In communal housing.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) In their own houses.
(d) In the outside world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the lecture, what kind of girls is Jeff popular with?

2. In Herland, what is one of the marks of coming of age for a woman?

3. What is suggested to have disappeared due to the lack of men?

4. By Chapter 10, what are the men actively hiding from the women?

5. How does Terry act towards the girls in the group that forms around him?

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