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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 exceptionally rare in Herland?
(a) Death before reaching ninety years of age.
(b) Obesity.
(c) Rain.
(d) Illness.

2. In Herland, what makes Terry seem ridiculous to his friends?
(a) Terry's ignorance of the local language.
(b) Terry's dislike of the local customs.
(c) The way Terry flirts with the women.
(d) Terry's manly qualities.

3. Who helps Alima subdue Terry in Chapter 11?
(a) Somel.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Zava.
(d) Moadine.

4. At the lecture, what kind of girls is Jeff popular with?
(a) The athletic girls.
(b) The scientifically-minded girls.
(c) The artistic girls.
(d) The demure girls.

5. What is Ellador's job in Herland?
(a) She is a teacher.
(b) She is a childminder.
(c) She is a forester.
(d) She is a gardener.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is suggested to have disappeared due to the lack of men?

2. What is Terry's courtship with his partner like?

3. How old was Ellador when she caught a butterfly?

4. Who does Moadine say the men would have to face if they ever hurt any of the women?

5. Who are children raised by after the age of one or two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Herland religion lack horrifying ideas? What does Ellador think about the tendency for other religions to hold onto old ideas?

2. What are the two core concepts of Herland's society as described in Chapter 7?

3. What are the men asked to do by the elder women in Chapter 8? What do the young women ask the men?

4. In Chapter 9, what difference does Vandyke see in the children of Herland compared to the ones in America?

5. What bores Terry about Herland in Chapter 9?

6. Once population limits were put in place in Herland, what did the women focus on, and what was the result?

7. How did Ellador become a forester?

8. Why did Herland come to rely on food-bearing trees for its food supply?

9. Who is chosen to court each of the men, and how does each man treat his assigned partner?

10. In Chapter 9, what do we learn girls in Herland are taught to think about themselves while growing up?

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