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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 another role that Nick had, according to Chapter 15?

2. What do the men tell the Commander in Chapter 15?

3. What did Jews have the option of doing, according to Chapter 12?

4. What does Ofglen tell Offred in Chapter 12?

5. How were the Aunts’ names chosen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most likely explanation for the Wife’s presence in the Salvaging?

2. Why is the concentration camp documentary important?

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

4. In Chapter 10, what becomes different about Offred’s relationship to Luke, after the changes?

5. What form do Offred's prayers take in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Along with her daughter, Offred thinks about Luke quite a lot. What were Luke’s dominant characteristics? How do these support or go against characteristics prevalent in the society of Gilead? Finally, what (in your opinion) was Luke’s fate?

Essay Topic 2

Offred leaves the novel on a deliberately ambiguous note. If the novel were to continue, what would her next chapter look like? Use the ‘professor’s’ speech from the end notes as the basis for your fictionalized version.

Essay Topic 3

Offred writes about having taken certain things for granted in her earlier life. Write an essay in which you discuss which things in particular she took for granted, and why. What are some things which she always valued, by contrast?

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