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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During their escape, what signal does Terry use to let his friends know he has found a secure footing?
(a) He tugs on the rope three times.
(b) He hoots like an owl.
(c) He tosses a stone up to his friends.
(d) He lights a match.

2. How do the guards treat the men when they are recaptured?
(a) Cautiously.
(b) Like naughty children.
(c) Roughly.
(d) Good naturedly.

3. What do the men think makes the women look unfeminine?
(a) Their lack of makeup.
(b) Their clothing.
(c) The way they walk.
(d) Their short hair.

4. How many years does Somel say their society has been without men?
(a) Fifteen-hundred.
(b) Nine-hundred.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Two thousand.

5. Whose Utopian novel influenced the author's interest in socialism?
(a) Samuel Johnson's.
(b) Sir Thomas More's.
(c) Edward Bellamy's.
(d) Samuel Butler's.

6. What animal does Somel say is present on her society's land?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Ferrets.
(c) Cats.
(d) Sheep.

7. What does Jeff imagine an all-female society would be like?
(a) Harmonious.
(b) Disorganized.
(c) Creative.
(d) Unproductive.

8. What color are the houses that the men see?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Pink.
(d) Brown.

9. How many women in America does Jeff say are working poor?
(a) Seven or eight million.
(b) Eleven million.
(c) Half a million.
(d) Four million.

10. How is the language spoken by the girls described?
(a) As musical.
(b) As similar to English.
(c) As sing-songy.
(d) As harsh-sounding.

11. Based on the men's comments in Chapter 5, what do women believe is a problem where the men come from?
(a) Premature death.
(b) Famine.
(c) Burglary.
(d) Ignorance.

12. What do the men decide to leave on the motorboat?
(a) A map.
(b) Their weapons.
(c) Letters to their families.
(d) A small amount of money.

13. What does Somel promise to provide the men with?
(a) A history of her civilization.
(b) Individual houses.
(c) New clothing.
(d) Brides.

14. What does Lane say the author considered herself to be?
(a) A reformist.
(b) A feminist.
(c) A humorist.
(d) A humanist.

15. What does Terry note about the women who meet the men in the center of town?
(a) The women are beautiful.
(b) The women look angry.
(c) The women are larger than the men are.
(d) The women are over forty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeff NOT note a lack of in the town?

2. What impresses Jeff upon waking in Chapter 3?

3. What did the author complete before her death?

4. What intrigues Vandyck as he and his party travel upstream in Chapter 1?

5. Where did the author go after fleeing from her "rest cure"?

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