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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. Which word is NOT included in the list of terms the Herland woman have no cultural understanding of?

2. In Chapter 7, with what are the men said to be "at last considered sufficiently tamed and trained to be trusted"?

3. In Herland, what makes Terry seem ridiculous to his friends?

4. What does Moadine assume about poor women?

5. In Chapter 8, how does Vandyke discover the women regard he and his friends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What displeases the women about marriage in the outside world?

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

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

7. What assumptions does Moadine make about wealthy and poor women in America?

8. Following the lecture in Chapter 8, the girls form informal groups around the men. Describe how the girls react to Terry.

9. How did Ellador become a forester?

10. What is the men's view of a wife's role in marriage? After their marriages, how do their wives fail to meet the men's expectations?

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

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 differences between Herland and the men's society. What are some of the differences? How do the women react to these differences? How do the men react? Why do the men sometimes become embarrassed because of their society?

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