Quiz chapters1-7

The Handmaid's tale

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QUESTION 01 of 29

where does the narrator recall sleeping in dorm-like accommodation?

a former prison

a former high school

a former hospital

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QUESTION 02 of 29

what do offred and the other handmaids call the detention center where they were kept?

The Red center

the gymnasium

the blue center

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QUESTION 03 of 29

where does the handmaid's tale take place?

cambridge, massachussetts

savannah, georgia

moscow

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QUESTION 04 of 29

what were the aunts armed with?

guns

truncheons

cattle prods

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QUESTION 05 of 29

what surrounds the football field at this place?

a chain link fence topped with barbed wire

a ten-foot high red brick wall

a car park

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QUESTION 06 of 29

the narrator's room is cell like. which of the following is not of its description?

a window that opens only partially

single bed

a locked door

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QUESTION 07 of 29

what is a martha?

an elderly/infertile woman employed as domestic servant

a green uniform featuring an apron-like pinafore

a type of old-fashioned oven

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QUESTION 08 of 29

what is the name of the society in which offred lives?

the republic of gilead

eurasia

narnia

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QUESTION 09 of 29

how does the commander's wife spend her time?

singing, watching tv and knitting

gardening, knitting and sewing

patchwork, crochet and gardening

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QUESTION 10 of 29

where did the narrator see the commander's wife before they first met?

on tv. she was a singer on a sunday morning gospel show

in church. She was singing in the church choir

at university. She was a lecturer

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QUESTION 11 of 29

At the start of the novel (chapter 3), how long has the narrator been at this house for?

two weeks

five weeks

two years

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QUESTION 12 of 29

what physical disability afflicts the commander's wife?

endometriosis

arthritis

deafness

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QUESTION 13 of 29

what is an eye?

security cameras that are found at all checkpoints and various other places in the city

a logo used by the government to indicate that it is wathing out for all citizens

a member of the secret police

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QUESTION 14 of 29

Name the narrator's partner for walking and shopping

ofwarren

offred

ofglen

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QUESTION 15 of 29

what is meant by the term black market?

illegal traffic or trade in officially controled or scarce commodities

a food store that sells african produce only

a market for the purchase of weapons

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QUESTION 16 of 29

which is the proper greeting for when Handmaids meet?

Blessed be you, handmaid of the lord / and you also

may the lord be with you / and also with you

blessed be the fruit / may the lord open

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QUESTION 17of 29

what function do handmaids serve?

they bear children for gilead's powerful men

they clean and cook in houses

they raise the children of gilead

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QUESTION 18 of 29

what is the title of the man with whom offred must have sex?

the commander

the captain

the patriach

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QUESTION 19 of 29

when ofglen updates the narrator on news of the war, she says that rebels have been defeated. what types of rebels have been defeated?

canadians

quakers

baptists

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QUESTION 20 of 29

what are the guardians?

second rate soldiers repsonsible for routine policing and other low status tasks for commanders

handmaid's personal bodyguard

vicars of the church

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QUESTION 21 of 29

which class of women wore striped dresses (red, blue and green)?

econowives

marthas

wives

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QUESTION 22 of 29

who is luke ?

offred's husband

an eye

offred's commander

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QUESTION 23 of 29

why is ofwarren, who they encounter while shopping, described as "a magic presence to us, and (an) object of envy and desire"?

her bubbly personality means that she has lots of firends

she has extra tokens for red meat

she is pregnant

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QUESTION 24 of 29

what was ofwarren's previous name?

dolores

alma

janine

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QUESTION 25 of 29

what is the wall?

a place in town where bodies of executed dissidents are displayed

a structure build along the border between canada and gilead

a fence around the commander's house to keep offred in

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QUESTION 26 of 29

the first time we read about the wall, six bodies are hanging from it. why were these six executed?

they were caught in possession of pronography

they were doctors who performed abortions

they were convicted of rape

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QUESTION 27 of 29

who is moira?

offred's best friend

offred's daughter

offred's mother

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QUESTION 28 of 29

what type of written material does the narrator recall her mother burning?

leaflets supporting women's rights to abortion

pornography

bibles

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QUESTION 29 of 29

Complete the quotation from chapter 7: I would like to believe this is a story I'm telling. i need to believe it. If it's a story I'm telling then...

I have license to describe characters as outlandishly as I please.

I can escape from it whenever I like.

I have control over the ending.

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