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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 complaint does Terry have about Herland society in Chapter 9?

2. In Herland, what is one of the marks of coming of age for a woman?

3. What happens when Vandyke tells Ellador about infant damnation?

4. How do the women punish Terry at the end of Chapter 11?

5. What does Vandyke explain the men and the women have different ideas about in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is chosen to court each of the men, and how does each man treat his assigned partner?

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

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

4. Once population limits were put in place in Herland, what did the women focus on, and what was the result?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What bores Terry about Herland in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the introduction of the novel "Herland". Why might it be important and beneficial for the reader to learn about the author's background? What does the author of the introduction share with the readers in regards to Gilman and her life?

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