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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 Jeff's surname?

2. How do the men travel in order to keep their presence secret?

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

4. What is set out for each man at their tables in Chapter 3?

5. Where did the author live with her second husband for twenty-two years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the men see from the plane in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. What does Terry do to prepare for the expedition?

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

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

7. As time goes on, how do the men come to feel about their tutors?

8. After the anesthesia wears off, where do the men awake in Chapter 3?

9. Briefly describe Vandyck and his two friends.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the character Terry. What are his defining character traits? What does he think of Herland? How does he fare while there? Why is he banished?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe the women of Herland. What are their defining traits? What do the men assume of the women before they meet them? How do the women surprise the male characters? What are some of the topics or issues which are important to the women? What is their top priority?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss conflict in "Herland." What are the different types of conflict? What conflicts are found in the novel "Herland"? Are these conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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