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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 does Vandyke note the children in Herland never do?

2. What aspect of Herland culture has been simplified for the sake of the children?

3. What fraction of the total American female population is made up of poor women?

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

5. How old was Ellador when she caught a butterfly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What reason does Moadine give Terry for the men's ongoing imprisonment?

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

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

7. Why is it necessary for the women of Herland to control their population? How do they do this?

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. Why did Herland come to rely on food-bearing trees for its food supply?

10. How did Ellador become a forester?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Herland rejects tradition as much as the men's society values it. Why might this be so? What effect does this have on Herland's society? What are the pros and cons of a society which values innovation over tradition?

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