View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What complaint does Terry have about Herland society in Chapter 9?
(a) It is too girly.
(b) It is too impoverished.
(c) It is too disorganized.
(d) It is too perfect.

2. In Chapter 7, with what are the men said to be "at last considered sufficiently tamed and trained to be trusted"?
(a) Babies.
(b) Scissors.
(c) Mechanical equipment.
(d) Society secrets.

3. What does Vandyke note the children in Herland never do?
(a) Get into mischief.
(b) Work.
(c) Complain of boredom.
(d) Talk back to their elders.

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

5. What does Moadine assume about poor women?
(a) That they do not have children.
(b) That they are lazy.
(c) That they are unmarried.
(d) That they are happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women agree to in order to please the men in Chapter 10?

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

3. How does Jeff regard the girl who is assigned to court him?

4. What is Terry's view of sexuality?

5. What are Over Mothers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Somel say that Herland mothers are willing to allow others to raise their children?

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. What bores Terry about Herland in Chapter 9?

4. How did Ellador become a forester?

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

6. In Chapter 8, what does Vandyke discover is the women's view of the men?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 871 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample