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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 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.

2. How old was Ellador when she caught a butterfly?
(a) Eleven years old.
(b) Six years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Eight years old.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which type of person is Herland said to lack entirely?

3. What aspect of Herland culture has been simplified for the sake of the children?

4. What are the two core concepts which Herland's society is based on?

5. What do the men have a hard time conveying their ideas about to the women they are courting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the men asked to do by the elder women in Chapter 8? What do the young women ask the men?

3. What are the two core concepts of Herland's society as described in Chapter 7?

4. Why is it necessary for the women of Herland to control their population? How do they do this?

5. What displeases the women about marriage in the outside world?

6. Who is chosen to court each of the men, and how does each man treat his assigned partner?

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

8. Why did Herland come to rely on food-bearing trees for its food supply?

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

10. What bores Terry about Herland in Chapter 9?

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