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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 word does Ellador ask Vandyke to define in Chapter 10?

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

3. What does Vandyke note the children in Herland never do?

4. At the lecture, what kind of girls stay in Terry's discussion group?

5. What is exceptionally rare in Herland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two core concepts of Herland's society as described in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

5. How did Ellador become a forester?

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

7. Why is Terry banished from Herland at the end of Chapter 11?

8. 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?

9. In Chapter 9, what difference does Vandyke see in the children of Herland compared to the ones in America?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss and analyze the protagonist of the novel, Vandyck. What are his defining characteristics? What is his occupation? Why does his occupation and overall perspective make him a reliable narrator in this situation?

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