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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 suggested to have disappeared due to the lack of men?

2. What does Moadine assume about poor women?

3. What do the women dislike about marriage in the outside world?

4. What does Moadine say the women intend to do with the men?

5. In Chapter 10, what are Herland's women said not to believe in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Ellador become a forester?

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

5. What bores Terry about Herland in Chapter 9?

6. 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?

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

8. Why does the Herland religion lack horrifying ideas? What does Ellador think about the tendency for other religions to hold onto old ideas?

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

10. In Chapter 11, what does Vandyke say helps minimize his desire for his wife? How does Vandyke eventually come to view his sexual desires?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze Gilman's use of foreshadowing in "Herland." What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel and what are these examples hinting at?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the gender roles in the men's society and the gender roles in Herland. How are the similar and different?

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