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

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

3. Who are children raised by after the age of one or two?
(a) By trained child nurses.
(b) By the community.
(c) By their grandmothers.
(d) By a wise woman in a temple.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupations did the men take on?

2. In Chapter 7, what do the men learn the women in Herland do not have?

3. What is Terry's courtship with his partner like?

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

5. In Herland, what makes Terry seem ridiculous to his friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Moadine give Terry for the men's ongoing imprisonment?

2. In Chapter 11, what does Vandyke say helps minimize his desire for his wife? How does Vandyke eventually come to view his sexual desires?

3. In Chapter 9, what do we learn girls in Herland are taught to think about themselves while growing up?

4. What assumptions does Moadine make about wealthy and poor women in America?

5. Following the lecture in Chapter 8, the girls form informal groups around the men. Describe how the girls react to Terry.

6. Why does the Herland religion lack horrifying ideas? What does Ellador think about the tendency for other religions to hold onto old ideas?

7. Why is Terry banished from Herland at the end of Chapter 11?

8. When Ellador is upset in Chapter 10, what does the wise woman in the temple tell her?

9. Why don't her Herland people believe in life after death?

10. What is the men's view of a wife's role in marriage? After their marriages, how do their wives fail to meet the men's expectations?

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