Which of the following things are women in

Gilead allowed to do?

THE HMT Quiz
Which of the following characteristics is most
● Vote
crucial to the dystopian genre?
● Choice
● Idealized and perfect worlds
● Give birth
● Use of science-fiction elements ● Write
● Restrictive or terrifying societies
Within the Republic of Gilead, why are
Handmaids so important?
● Frequent breaks in story
● Reproduction rates are low
Which of the following best describes Margaret
Atwood's vision of dystopia in The Handmaid's ● Sex cannot be pleasurable
Tale?
● Other women are sterilized

● Technological
● They are members of the upper class
● Feminist

● Religious What led to the lowered fertility rates in the old

world, before Gilead?

● Financial
● Nuclear war

What inspired Atwood to envision the sort of ● Scientific experimentation

world presented in The Handmaid's Tale?
● Chemical spills and pollution

● Growth of "religious right"

● Systematic government sterilization
● Impeachment of Richard Nixon

● Decline of traditional Christianity At the end of their secret Scrabble meetings,

what does the Commander ask Offred to do?

● Appointment of new pope

● Sleep with Nick

On which of the following key principles is the ● Sleep with the Doctor
imagined world of Gilead based?
● Tuck him into bed

● Return to traditional values

● Kiss him
● Traditional gender roles

● Subjugation of women

What is the purpose of the organization

● All of the above "Mayday"?
● To expose false pregnancies
● She's less independent
● To overthrow Gilead

● To push government programs further What is the purpose of the Aunts class of women
within the novel?

● To hide the identity of Commanders

● To make women accept fate

What is Offred's ultimate fate? ● To encourage women to resist

● To assist women with reading

● She escapes to England

● She escapes to Canada ● To coach women through childbirth

● She is recaptured

● It is unknown

How are the names of the Handmaids formed?

Ultimately, Gilead wants to turn the female

● "Of" plus Commander's name gender into ___.

● Chosen from the Bible

● Sex slaves
● Their commander chooses their name
● Carriers of the next generation

● Their real name spelled backwards ● Educated and independent beings

Sitting at the top of the female social ladder ● Equals to men

within Gilead, Serena Joy feels what about her
life?
How does Gilead maintain its control over
women's bodies?
● She loves life completely

● She is indifferent ● Maintaining control over language

● She is desperately unhappy ● Scheduled physical beatings

● Implanting futuristic chips

● She is incredibly grateful
● Complicated brainwash from birth
At the beginning of the novel, how does Moira
compare to the other women?
What is ironic about Gilead's goal of preventing
sexual violence against women?
● She's very similar
● It wasn't problematic beforehand
● She's much more defiant
● Nothing
● She's more resigned
● It's actually men that need protection

● Gilead officially institutionalized it

What theocratic slogan shows the importance of

religion within Gilead?

● "God's a National Resource"

● "God votes for you"

● "With God, we build"

● "God protects this nation"

What about Cambridge, Massachusetts makes it

a perfect place for Gilead's power to be based?

● History of resistance movements

● Proximity to Plymouth Rock

● Regressive modern-day policies

● Puritan Church's legacy