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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 7, what appears to be the crowning achievement of Herland?
(a) The food supply.
(b) The town planning.
(c) The power generation system.
(d) The vaccination program.

4. In Chapter 7, with what are the men said to be "at last considered sufficiently tamed and trained to be trusted"?
(a) Babies.
(b) Scissors.
(c) Mechanical equipment.
(d) Society secrets.

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

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

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

8. What happens when Vandyke tells Ellador about infant damnation?
(a) Ellador begins to cry.
(b) Ellador turns pale.
(c) Ellador faints.
(d) Ellador slaps him.

9. What are the elder women protecting the men from by keeping them imprisoned?
(a) The country's wild beasts.
(b) Their country's dangerous terrain.
(c) The young women.
(d) Making social faux-pas.

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

11. What is exceptionally rare in Herland?
(a) Death before reaching ninety years of age.
(b) Illness.
(c) Obesity.
(d) Rain.

12. What are the two core concepts which Herland's society is based on?
(a) The philosopher and the worker.
(b) The judge and the jury.
(c) The angel and the demon.
(d) The critic and the inventor.

13. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) Danger for Terry.
(b) A Lecture to the Youth.
(c) Discovering Herland.
(d) The Girls of Herland.

14. 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.

15. Who accompanies the men on their tour of the country?
(a) Their three tutors.
(b) Ellador, Ceris and Alima.
(c) Modine.
(d) The Herland Elders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did some women in Herland choose not to have children?

2. What sense does Vandyke say the men lacked in their marriages?

3. Where does Ellador go for comfort when she is upset in Chapter 10?

4. How old was Ellador when she caught a butterfly?

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

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