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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 are the men asked to lecture the young women about?

2. What does Moadine say the women intend to do with the men?

3. What does Vandyke explain the men and the women have different ideas about in Chapter 11?

4. Who helps Alima subdue Terry in Chapter 11?

5. At the lecture, what kind of girls is Jeff popular with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why don't her Herland people believe in life after death?

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

3. Why is Terry banished from Herland at the end of Chapter 11?

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

5. When Ellador is upset in Chapter 10, what does the wise woman in the temple tell her?

6. What displeases the women about marriage in the outside world?

7. In Chapter 8, what does Vandyke discover is the women's view of the men?

8. What bores Terry about Herland in Chapter 9?

9. What assumptions does Moadine make about wealthy and poor women in America?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret Gilman's use of symbolism in "Herland." What are some symbols in the novel and what do these symbols mean?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss conflict in "Herland." What are the different types of conflict? What conflicts are found in the novel "Herland"? Are these conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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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