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A quiz on the terminology and content of The Handmaid's Tale
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1
What characters wear just green?
Econowives
Commanders
Aunts
Marthas
2
Is the following phrase active or passive: "Alice hugged him fondly"
Active
Passive
3
What was the title inspired by?
Early modern literature written by maids
When Pilgrims used to have tails
Elizabethan servants to the queen called "handmaids"
Chaucer's work "The Canterbury Tales
4
Finish the quote: "Blessed be the fruit..."
"...May the Lord open"
"...under his eye"
"...and also the vegetables"
"...And also with you"
5
What do you buy from "
Soul Scrolls
"?
Secrets
Books
Bibles
Prays
6
What type of verb indicates
possibility, capability, necessity,
or
willingness
?
Modal Auxiliary verb
Possibility verb
Happy verbs
Model conjunction verbs
7
What is the definition of
Orwellian
?
Novels about politics
Characteristics of the writing of George Orwell (aka Eric Arthur Blair)
All dystopian novels
Characteristics of the writing of Jack Wellington
8
What
decade
was
The Handmaid's Tale
published in?
1990's
1980's
1960's
1970's
9
What did Offred record her story on?
Cassette tapes
iPhone 5
Fax machine
DVD's
10
How could
Offred's narration
be described?
Boring
Homodiegetic
Chronological
Third person
11
What is the definition of
Injustice
?
Being given homework over the holidays
Lack of fairness or justice
Something surrounded only by frozen water
Something in the judiciary system
12
What is the full name of the "
Red Centre
"?
The Reading center
The Rachel and Leah re-education centre
The Reginald centrals
The Rachel and Leah centre
13
Which of these are definitions of
sterile
?
Being covered in germs
Not being able to produce children
Lacking in the desire to have children
Free from bacteria and therefore toatally clean
14
What is the definition of objectification?
The action of degrading someone to the status of an object
Naming inanimate objects
Calling someone an object
Getting confused between an object and a human
15
How are Handmaids bodies marked to show their rank and make them identifiable?
They wear ankle bracelets
Their hair is shaved off
They have a tatoo on their ankel
They are branded
16
What is an
Analeptic reference
?
A flashforward
A flashback
Crosscutting
Not telling the story in chronological order
17
Which word does
not
appear in the scrabble game?
Valiant
Quince
Larynx
Zygote
18
What is a
theocracy
?
A system of government which seeks to gain as much power as possible
A system of government in which priests rule in the name of a God
A government with no rules
A system of government that rejects all religions
19
What was
Offred
's previous
job
?
Teacher
Journalist
Activist
Librarian
20
Asyndetic listing
does not contain commas
True
False
21
What is the definition of
Totalitarian
?
A controlling system which holds strong religious ideals
A system of government that requires complete subservience to the state
A government controlled by a monarchy
A system of government that cannot make decisions
22
What do Offred and Ofglen walk past on their walk?
Soul Scrolls
The Wall
The Canadian Border
Gallows
23
Which one of the following is an example of
Synaesthesia
?
"smelled faintly like an afterimage"
"Do I dare, disturb the universe?"
"His heart sunk"
"yellow smoke that slides along the streets"
24
What is the definition of
dictatorship
?
When no one controls a country or state and power is fought for
A country/state governed by a single person with absolute authority
When everyone controls a country or state
When a group of people control a country
25
The
Unwomen
live in the
colonies
.
True
False
26
How is the
Birth Day
presented?
Quirky
Eclectic
A community gathering
Ritualistic
27
Who is
Mary Webster
?
A relative of Atwood's accused of being a witch
A woman from the Bible
Offred's real name
Offred's daughter
28
What are
Econowives
?
Women who cook and clean for Commanders and their familys
Women who were married before Gilead
Women without the ability to have children
The wives of low ranking male citizens of Gilead
29
Biblical quotes
be considered
intertextual references
False
True
