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

2. What does Ellador create a chart about?
(a) Good health practices.
(b) International geography.
(c) World religions.
(d) World languages.

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

4. Why are food-bearing trees considered better than field crops?
(a) Trees also provide shelter.
(b) Trees produce food year round.
(c) Trees attract birds.
(d) Trees take up less space.

5. Where did the men want to live with their wives?
(a) In communal housing.
(b) In their own houses.
(c) In the outside world.
(d) In the mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ellador go for comfort when she is upset in Chapter 10?

2. What do the women dislike about marriage in the outside world?

3. How do the men feel about their own society as the women question them?

4. What is exceptionally rare in Herland?

5. What do the women of Herland have to do to honor their Mother Goddess?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Once population limits were put in place in Herland, what did the women focus on, and what was the result?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 7, why has Terry sunk in the esteem of his friends?

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