The Handmaid's Tale Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 98 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Handmaid's Tale Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 98 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where is the Commander’s wife’s “territory”?

2. What was off-putting about the last man Offred worked for?

3. What did the dormitory used to be?

4. What part of the Bible did the women hear at the center each day?

5. In Chapter 4, what word does the doctor use that shocks Offred?

Short Essay Questions

1. If Luke is in jail in Chapter 7, what happened to him?

2. What is wrong with how Offred kisses the Commander, in his view?

3. How does the narrator feel about the Commander’s House in Chapter 2? Describe her surroundings as well as her reactions to them.

4. What is the purpose of the exercises that Offred does?

5. Why is the narrator in the setting at the opening of the novel?

6. Why does Offred go back to the sitting room later that evening in Chapter 6?

7. If Luke is dead in Chapter 7, what happened to him?

8. Why don’t the Aunts have guns?

9. What is carved on Offred’s desk at the center? Why is this significant?

10. In Chapter 7, where does Offred think that Luke really is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the book, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” is deceptively simple. What are the multiple meanings of this title? Why might Gilead have chosen the word “Handmaid” to describe the role of these women, rather than something else?

Essay Topic 2

Gilead might seem to be a cold and terrifying society at first glance. Explore the basis of this society. What came before, and what were the factors that caused Gilead to arise? How has it organized itself, and for what reasons?

Essay Topic 3

Offred seems to be trapped throughout the book, though other characters have different paths. What choices were available to women in Gilead? How do these compare to the choices that men had in determining their fates?

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