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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. The first chapter of the novel is taken from what text?
2. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 29, which of the four Founding Aunts seized control during their first meeting with Commander Judd?
3. According to Ada in Chapter 32, the source needs what in order to transfer the document cache to Mayday?
4. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 29, which of the four Founding Aunts seemed a true Gilead convert?
5. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 12, what is the name of the group dedicated to smuggling people out of Gilead?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who are the Aunts? How are the Aunts described in Chapter 2 and 3?
2. What happens when Lydia is brought before Commander Judd for the second time in Chapter 29?
3. Who is Agnes Jemima? What does her name mean?
4. Describe the statue discussed by the narrator of Chapter 1. What is important about it?
5. How does Agnes's clothing change once she is to become a Wife, as described in Chapter 26?
6. Who is Ofkyle? What happens to her in Chapter 18?
7. What is the Thank Tank? What happened there, as Aunt Lydia explains in Chapter 24?
8. Who is Aunt Immortelle? What can she do that Agnes cannot, as Agnes describes in Chapter 39?
9. What happened the first time she was brought before Commander Judd, as Aunt Lydia explains in Chapter 24?
10. What are some odd things Daisy notices about her parents, as explained in Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Margaret Atwood, the author of the novel, once wrote, “Reality simply consists of different points of view.” Explain how the novel illustrates this idea.
Essay Topic 2
How does the novel mirror the present day? What similarities exist between the real and the fictional world? What differences?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how Cardinal Newman’s Apologia is a suitable hiding spot for Lydia’s manuscript. How is the Ardua Hall Holograph a defense of Lydia’s life, and how is it not? Is it successful?
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