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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. How does Vandyke describe the Herland religion?
(a) As enriching.
(b) As mystical.
(c) As pacifying.
(d) As practical.

2. How does Jeff regard the girl who is assigned to court him?
(a) Jeff dislikes her.
(b) Jeff idealizes her.
(c) Jeff feels burdened by her.
(d) Jeff is friendly with her.

3. What is the relationship between Moadine and Terry like?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Chilly.
(d) Like mother and son.

4. What do the women dislike about marriage in the outside world?
(a) That men and women don't get to choose who they will marry.
(b) That men never take their wives' names.
(c) That a religious ceremony is held to unify husbands and wives.
(d) That it is considered bad for children to be born to unwed couples.

5. How old was Ellador when she caught a butterfly?
(a) Ten years old.
(b) Six years old.
(c) Eight years old.
(d) Eleven years old.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT said to be lacking in Herland's literature?

3. Who accompanies the men on their tour of the country?

4. At the lecture, what kind of girls stay in Terry's discussion group?

5. By Chapter 10, what are the men actively hiding from the women?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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