This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Handmaid'S Tale – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'they're doing it for us all' A) Rita. B) Offglen. C) Offred. D) Cora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cora. 2. The 1980's anti-feminist retaliation worked on what basis? A) Attack is the best form of defense. B) Defense is the best form of attach. C) An eye for an eye. D) A nod is as good as a wink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attack is the best form of defense. 3. Offred is the first handmaid in Serena Joy's household A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 4. What would happen to Offred if the doctor falsely reported her as having a medical problem? A) She would have to marry the doctor. B) She would be killed. C) She would go to the Colonies. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She would go to the Colonies. 5. How does Serena Joy find out about Offred's private meetings with the Commander? A) The unfinished game of Scrabble on the Commander's desk. B) Lipstick on her blue cloak. C) Rita told her everything. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lipstick on her blue cloak. 6. The Handmaid's Tale occurs in a ..... setting: A) Dystopian. B) Patriarchal. C) Theocratic. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. 'We were a society dying' A) Aunt Elizabeth. B) Serena Joy. C) Aunt Lydia. D) Offred. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aunt Lydia. 8. What is a Salvaging? A) An event hosted by Wives to "salvage" materials to send to the Commanders and men on the battle front. B) A public execution in Gilead to demonstrate to everyone what happens when a crime is committed. C) A group execution in which all Handmaids participate, giving them a chance to release pent up anger. D) The official start of the Mayday rebellion, marked by a rescue of hundreds on Handmaids in one afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A public execution in Gilead to demonstrate to everyone what happens when a crime is committed. 9. What food comes up frequently? A) Oranges. B) Egg. C) Bread. D) The brunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Egg. 10. Who was Ofglen to luke? A) His lover. B) His friend. C) His girlfriend. D) His wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His lover. 11. The nuns were very ..... and showed that through their lifestyle choice. A) Anachronism. B) Pious. C) Heretical. D) Sanctity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pious. 12. How does Offred feel after seeing the picture of her daughter? A) Thrilled. B) Erased. C) Hopeful. D) Nauseous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erased. 13. What is the name of where they live? A) America. B) Gilead. C) Holy land. D) Sole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gilead. 14. One of Offred's challenges is deciding whether she trusts her own memory. This is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Internal conflict. C) Setting. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal conflict. 15. What does Offred do with the butter she puts in her shoe? A) She smells it to remind her of ther daughter. B) She uses it to style her hair before the Ceremony. C) She rubs it on her skin to moisturize it. D) She eats it when she is starving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She rubs it on her skin to moisturize it. 16. What is the name of the Secret Service of Gilead? A) Breach. B) Aunts. C) The Wrath (of God). D) The Eyes of God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Eyes of God. 17. Which phrase best describes Offred's mother? A) Traditional housewife. B) Religious fundamentalist. C) Cold disciplinarian. D) Feminist activist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feminist activist. 18. What years did Reagan serve as president? A) 1982-84. B) 1981-89. C) 1982-88. D) 1980-99. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1981-89. 19. Where are the women kept in the first chapter? A) An open field. B) A shed. C) Their homes. D) A gymnasium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A gymnasium. 20. What is the generic term for high-ranking officials in Gilead? A) Patriarch. B) Hewmbo (HE Who Must Be Obeyed). C) Commander. D) Eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commander. 21. 'If it's a story I'm telling, then I have control over the ending.' A) Serena Joy. B) Moira. C) Janine. D) Offred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Offred. 22. Which university didn't Margaret Atwood study? A) University of Toronto. B) Harvard University. C) Radcliffe College. D) M.I.T. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) M.I.T. 23. Offred tells people she is happy under the new regime A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. The girl, who suffered from stage fright, gave her mom a ..... smile as the curtain opened. A) Surly. B) Pious. C) Tremulous. D) Inconspicuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tremulous. 25. If your face is expressionless, someone might note your ..... A) Stolidity. B) Anecdotes. C) Volition. D) Allure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stolidity. 26. What does Offred worry about as she's driven with the Commander? A) That she won't know how to get back home. B) Where they're keeping Luke. C) How far they're going from the house. D) What Nick thinks of her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What Nick thinks of her. 27. How did Moira attempt to escape the Red Center? A) By forcing herself to throw up until she vomited blood. B) By hiding in the center's laundry. C) By faking scurvy. D) By running through the gate during their afternoon walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By faking scurvy. 28. What question is asked of the two handmaids by the Japanese tourists? A) Where is the nearest grocery store?. B) "Are you happy?". C) What made you choose this life?. D) Do you miss your old life?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Are you happy?". 29. What is the Handmaid's role during a birth? A) They lay at the feet of the Wives. B) They chant in support. C) They clean the mother's feet. D) They deliver the baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They chant in support. 30. Roe v. Wade occurred during: A) The First Wave. B) The Second Wave. C) The Third Wave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second Wave. 31. Who tells the Eyes to take Offred? A) None of the above. B) Serena Joy. C) The Commander. D) Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None of the above. 32. The university is now A) A prison. B) A school. C) Detention center. D) The red center. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detention center. 33. What is the protagonist's real name? A) June Osborne. B) Jude Osborde. C) June Osborne. D) Jude Osborne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June Osborne. 34. What is inside of the Soul Scrolls franchise? A) Machines printing on paper. B) Men reciting from the Bible. C) Angels being trained in military exercises. D) Women whispering in low tones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Machines printing on paper. 35. How does Offred's fate reflect the overall theme of the novel? A) Offred's fate highlights the theme of oppression and dehumanization in the novel. B) Offred's fate symbolizes the theme of freedom and empowerment in the novel. C) Offred's fate represents the theme of unity and solidarity in the novel. D) Offred's fate showcases the theme of justice and equality in the novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offred's fate highlights the theme of oppression and dehumanization in the novel. 36. The handmaids do not know how to read A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. The students were quiet and respectful toward the long-time teacher. A) Inscrutable. B) Deferential. C) Sobriety. D) Implacable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deferential. 38. Exposing and condemning norms, ideas, laws, economics and values of a society as well as suggesting that relationships are warped by the forces of capitalism. Which of the following criticism categories do these belong to? A) Feminist criticism. B) Psychoanalytic criticism. C) Marxist. D) Ecocriticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marxist. 39. Who gives the daughters away in marriage? A) The mothers. B) The Aunts. C) The fathers. D) The Angels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mothers. 40. Your aunt tells stories about your mom when she was growing up ..... A) Anecdotes. B) Contingencies. C) Aversions. D) Anomalies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdotes. 41. The Handmaid's Tale was written during: A) The First Wave. B) The Second Wave. C) The Third Wave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second Wave. 42. Which of the following characteristics is most crucial to the dystopian genre? A) Idealized and perfect worlds. B) Use of science-fiction elements. C) Restrictive or terrifying societies. D) Frequent breaks in story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restrictive or terrifying societies. 43. Which of the following things are women in Gilead allowed to do? A) Give birth. B) Choice. C) Vote. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give birth. 44. What color do Handmaids wear? A) Green. B) Red. C) Blue. D) Brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 45. The narrator's true name remains unknown. A) Offred. B) Confused. C) Off. D) Serena Joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offred. 46. In the shop Offred sees Janine who is now named A) Off. B) Confused. C) Ofsteve. D) Ofpaul. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confused. 47. What does Offred wish she could throw at the Commander? A) A rock. B) Rotten tomatoes. C) A grenade. D) A water bomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A water bomb. 48. 'A rat in a maze is free ..... , as long as it stays inside the maze.' A) The Commander. B) Offred's mother. C) Offred. D) Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Offred. 49. Required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory A) Obligatory. B) Pious. C) Facade. D) Sanctity. E) Parley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obligatory. 50. When they were in bed, they learned to whisper ..... A) Their real names. B) Their prayers. C) Their dreams. D) The Aunts' names. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their real names. 51. The school had a very strict ..... for if there was a fire. A) Palimpsest. B) Protocol. C) Martyr. D) Anachronism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protocol. 52. Who does Offred continually quote? A) Her sister. B) Aunt Lydia. C) Nobody. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aunt Lydia. 53. Atwood uses the character of Nick to show that A) Not all men are the same. B) All men are the same. C) Men are not to be trusted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not all men are the same. 54. Where does the Handmaid's Take Place? A) Gilead. B) Garson. C) Maine. D) Gogama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gilead. 55. Chapter 5:Offred mentions the name of Luke several times. Who do you think he is ..... ? A) Offred's father. B) Offred's son. C) Offred's husband or partner. D) Offred's former guardian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Offred's husband or partner. 56. What is Offred allowed to do on the night of the Ceremony that she is not usually allowed? A) Eat candy. B) Watch TV. C) Dance. D) Wear her old clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watch TV. 57. Which narrative point of view is the novel written in? A) Second. B) First. C) Third (limited). D) Third (omniscient). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First. 58. The grumpy, ..... old man yelled at the kids to get off his lawn on Halloween. A) Surly. B) Pious. C) Ingratiate. D) Superfluous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surly. 59. In ch. 46, Offred says "How could I have believed I was alone in here?" (222). Who has she been sharing the room with? A) The memory of Luke and her daughter. B) None of the above. C) The hopes of the entire household. D) The ghost of the previous Handmaid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ghost of the previous Handmaid. 60. What is the name given to women who cook or clean in the home of government officials? A) Jane. B) Martha. C) Handmaid. D) Wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Martha. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 1The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 3The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 4The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 5Frankenstein Mary Shelley QuizThe Awakening QuizThe Bell Jar QuizThe Color Purple Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books