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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. How is the author's childhood described in the foreword?

2. Where do the men awake in Chapter 3?

3. What does one woman show the men a sketch of?

4. What is the name of Vandyck's tutor?

5. What is characteristic of the village that the men see?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the women who meet the men in the town center in Chapter 2.

2. What is Social Darwinism?

3. What does Somel explain about animals in her country?

4. In the past, what happened to all of the men in the women's society?

5. What do the three men suppose an all-female society would be like?

6. What was the theme of Gilman's work, "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

7. What do the men discover when the find their plane in Chapter 4?

8. What do the men see from the plane in Chapter 1?

9. What does Vandyke lament at the beginning of the story? Why does Vandyck refuse to reveal the location of the country he speaks of?

10. Why did Gilman believe it was important for women to take a role in society?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of motherhood in Herland. Why has motherhood become so significant in this society? In what ways does life in Herland evolve around the birthing and rearing of children?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the novel's conclusion. What happens at the end of the novel? Is the ending surprising? What happens to the central characters? Are there any unanswered questions?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of freedom in the novel "Herland." Which characters desire their freedom? Why have they been captured? How do they try to get away?

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