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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What occupations did the men take on?
(a) Assistant inventors.
(b) Forester assistants.
(c) Mining work.
(d) School instructors.

4. By Chapter 10, what are the men actively hiding from the women?
(a) That the men are documenting Herland's culture.
(b) That the men are in love with the women.
(c) The ills of the outside world.
(d) A planned escape from Herland.

5. What was the butterfly Ellador caught a danger to?
(a) Sweet flowers.
(b) Obernut trees.
(c) Silk moths.
(d) Pom trees.

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

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

8. To the women of Herland, what is life about?
(a) Family.
(b) Leaving a legacy.
(c) Growth.
(d) Reproduction.

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

10. What is Ellador's job in Herland?
(a) She is a gardener.
(b) She is a forester.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a childminder.

11. In Chapter 10, what are Herland's women said not to believe in?
(a) Life after death.
(b) Preventative medicine.
(c) Independent thought.
(d) Ghosts.

12. Who expresses thankfulness at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Vandyke, Terry and Jeff.
(b) Elldor, Ceris and Alima.
(c) Somel, Moadine and Zava.
(d) The wise women of the temples.

13. In Herland, what is one of the marks of coming of age for a woman?
(a) Cutting her hair short.
(b) Living for one year at a temple.
(c) Having her first child.
(d) Having an additional room added to her suite.

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

15. What does Moadine say the women intend to do with the men?
(a) Sacrifice them to their God.
(b) Eventually send them back home.
(c) Keep them imprisoned indefinitely.
(d) Teach and learn from them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the women of Herland use to educate their children?

4. Which word is NOT included in the list of terms the Herland woman have no cultural understanding of?

5. What are the lives of Herland girls equated to?

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