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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What does Terry say is the only thing the women can think of in relation to men?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Physical labor.
(c) Violence.
(d) Fatherhood.

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. What do the women agree to in order to please the men in Chapter 10?
(a) A voyage out of Herland.
(b) A marriage ceremony.
(c) To open a passage through the cliffs.
(d) Honeymoon trips.

9. Where does Ellador go for comfort when she is upset in Chapter 10?
(a) To see Alima.
(b) To her room to be alone.
(c) To her mother-teacher's house.
(d) The nearest temple.

10. What do the women insist on in their relationships with the men?
(a) That the men treat the women just as they would treat women back home.
(b) That the men and women are equal.
(c) That the men and women meet only twice a week.
(d) That the men follow their wishes.

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

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

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

14. What are Over Mothers?
(a) Women who are over seventy years old.
(b) Women who supervise the community's children.
(c) Women who educate young women about motherhood.
(d) Women allowed to have more than one child.

15. What aspect of Herland culture has been simplified for the sake of the children?
(a) The language.
(b) The religious practices.
(c) The coming of age rituals.
(d) The way people dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is exceptionally rare in Herland?

2. How do women prevent pregnancy in Herland?

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

4. What is the relationship between Moadine and Terry like?

5. What does Vandyke note the children in Herland never do?

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