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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. By Chapter 10, what are the men actively hiding from the women?
(a) That the men are documenting Herland's culture.
(b) A planned escape from Herland.
(c) The ills of the outside world.
(d) That the men are in love with the women.

2. Who helps Alima subdue Terry in Chapter 11?
(a) Zava.
(b) Somel.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Moadine.

3. What does Terry say is the only thing the women can think of in relation to men?
(a) Violence.
(b) Physical labor.
(c) Fatherhood.
(d) Wealth.

4. At the lecture, what kind of girls is Jeff popular with?
(a) The athletic girls.
(b) The scientifically-minded girls.
(c) The artistic girls.
(d) The demure girls.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the girls is assigned to court Vandyck?

3. What does Vandyke note the children in Herland never do?

4. What occupations did the men take on?

5. What are the elder women protecting the men from by keeping them imprisoned?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Ellador become a forester?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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