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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 following is NOT said to be lacking in Herland's literature?
(a) Sexual motivation.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Bloodlust.

2. In Chapter 7, what do the men learn the women in Herland do not have?
(a) Birth certificates.
(b) Surnames.
(c) Siblings.
(d) Navels.

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

4. What are girls in Herland raised to believe?
(a) That the world is a small place.
(b) That the world is a friendly place.
(c) That the world sits on the back of a giant bee.
(d) That the world is a dangerous place.

5. In Chapter 7, what appears to be the crowning achievement of Herland?
(a) The town planning.
(b) The food supply.
(c) The vaccination program.
(d) The power generation system.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did some women in Herland choose not to have children?

4. What does Vandyke explain the men and the women have different ideas about in Chapter 11?

5. What happens when Vandyke tells Ellador about infant damnation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 9, what difference does Vandyke see in the children of Herland compared to the ones in America?

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

7. What bores Terry about Herland in Chapter 9?

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

9. What are Ellador's beliefs about love-making?

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

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