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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 word does Ellador ask Vandyke to define in Chapter 10?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Worship.
(c) Sin.
(d) Blessing.

2. What sense does Vandyke say the men lacked in their marriages?
(a) A sense of acceptance.
(b) A sense of belonging.
(c) A sense of possession.
(d) A sense of independence.

3. Who expresses thankfulness at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Somel, Moadine and Zava.
(b) Elldor, Ceris and Alima.
(c) The wise women of the temples.
(d) Vandyke, Terry and Jeff.

4. How do the women punish Terry at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) The women banish Terry from Herland.
(b) The women publicly humiliate Terry.
(c) The women execute Terry.
(d) The women lock Terry up in a prison.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Ellador's job in Herland?

3. What complaint does Terry have about Herland society in Chapter 9?

4. What do the women of Herland use to educate their children?

5. How old was Ellador when she caught a butterfly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Ellador become a forester?

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

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

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