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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 is the name of Vandyck's tutor?

2. In Chapter 2, how many miles do the men travel to the village?

3. What does Vandyck believe is the men's best hope for freedom?

4. What does Terry NOT offer the women in the town center?

5. What intrigues Vandyck as he and his party travel upstream in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the women take the explorers after they reach the town center? What happens when the men try to fight the women?

2. What do the men note about the town in Chapter 2?

3. What do the women get the men to admit about keeping dogs as pets?

4. What impresses Jeff after he has awoken in Chapter 3?

5. Briefly describe Vandyck and his two friends.

6. What spurred Gilman to leave her first marriage?

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

8. Why do Vandyck and his friends believe there must be men in the society? Where do they suppose the men might live?

9. In the past, what happened to all of the men in the women's society?

10. What do the tutors tell the men when they are returned to their prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the gender roles in the men's society and the gender roles in Herland. How are the similar and different?

Essay Topic 2

"Herland" is an example of a socialist feminism novel. What does this term mean? What elements of socialist feminism can be found in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the tone of the novel "Herland." What is the tone of the novel? What language is used to convey the tone of the novel? How does the tone of the novel help to illustrate the central themes?

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