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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is strange about the shop Loaves and Fishes?
(a) It is a supermarket.
(b) It doesn’t sell bread.
(c) It doesn’t sell fish.
(d) It is a laundromat.

2. What usually happens at a salvaging that does not happen in Chapter 14?
(a) The women die.
(b) The women to be hanged can make a statement.
(c) The women can plead their own defense.
(d) The Aunt announces the crimes.

3. To what mythical figure does the professor compare Offred?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Eurydice.
(c) Isis.
(d) Icarus.

4. Where does the Commander rank, according to Ofglen?
(a) Towards the top.
(b) In the lower ranks.
(c) He’s a middle-man.
(d) At the very top.

5. Who was the man in the second part of the Salvaging, according to Ofglen?
(a) A religious criminal.
(b) A murderer.
(c) A political enemy of the state.
(d) A rapist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Offred compare the Commander to in Chapter 9?

2. What is the second part of the Salvaging called?

3. According to the professor, why was Gilead able to succeed?

4. What does Cora think has happened when she sees Offred on the floor in Chapter 10?

5. What does the Commander say was the main problem with men, before?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ofglen’s question about Soul Scrolls subversive?

2. According to the professor in Chapter 15, what might have happened to Offred?

3. What is one sign in Chapter 14 that Offred might not actually be having a baby?

4. How do women come to work at Jezebel’s?

5. Why does Serena Joy think that Offred ‘might as well’ sleep with Nick?

6. How does Offred characterize the spring, particularly May?

7. Why does Offred think about her age and height in Chapter 9?

8. How does Offred feel about her participation in the Salvaging?

9. How does the professor describe Nick’s role?

10. What is the condition that Nick sets forth for Offred in Chapter 13?

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