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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Terry think of the local games?

2. Where do the explorers suppose the men of the society live?

3. What did Charles Walter Stetson do for a living?

4. What do the men not see while flying over the female society's land?

5. Which of the men's personal effects is missing when they awake in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do the men meet while walking through the forest in Chapter 2?

2. What does Somel explain about animals in her country?

3. What was Gilman's childhood like?

4. In the women's society, how does the culture grow, and why do people work?

5. What do the three men suppose an all-female society would be like?

6. Why did Gilman take her own life?

7. Briefly describe Vandyck and his two friends.

8. Why did the women's society discard their pantheistic gods of war?

9. Why did Gilman believe it was important for women to take a role in society?

10. What do the men discover when the find their plane in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret Gilman's use of symbolism in "Herland." What are some symbols in the novel and what do these symbols mean?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Gilman's use of foreshadowing in "Herland." What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel and what are these examples hinting at?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss "Herland" as a Utopian novel. What does 'utopia' mean? Is Herland a Utopian society? Why or why not? Which characters believe it is? Which do not? Did Gilman mean to present it as such?

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