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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the author's first born daughter?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Maryann.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. How many years does Somel say their society has been without men?
(a) Nine-hundred.
(b) Two thousand.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Fifteen-hundred.

3. Who did the author's ex-husband remarry?
(a) The author's sister.
(b) The author's colleague.
(c) The author's childhood friend.
(d) The author's cousin.

4. What surprises the explorers about the women in town?
(a) The women are physically strong.
(b) The women show no fear.
(c) The women speak English.
(d) The women are dressed like men.

5. What impresses Jeff upon waking in Chapter 3?
(a) That they are still alive.
(b) That the women did not harm them.
(c) That they haven't seen any men yet.
(d) That the room he is in is so warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the women in Chapter 5, why is work performed?

2. What color are the houses that the men see?

3. Which activity is used by the guards to pass time?

4. What do the men decide to leave on the motorboat?

5. After descending the cliff, what does the men follow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the women get the men to admit about keeping dogs as pets?

2. After the anesthesia wears off, where do the men awake in Chapter 3?

3. What do the men see from the plane in Chapter 1?

4. Why did Gilman believe it was important for women to take a role in society?

5. Describe the women who meet the men in the town center in Chapter 2.

6. Why did the women's society discard their pantheistic gods of war?

7. What is awaiting the men when they awake and leave their room in Chapter 3?

8. What do the men notice about the forest that they walk through in Chapter 2?

9. In the women's society, how does the culture grow, and why do people work?

10. Describe how the men orchestrate their escape in Chapter 3.

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