This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Handmaid'S Tale – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Ofglen know? A) That Offred is seeing the Commander alone. B) That Offred is going to sleep with another man in order to get pregnant. C) Where Offred's daughter is. D) Where Moira is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That Offred is seeing the Commander alone. 2. How does the new Ofglen tell Offred that the previous Ofglen hanged herself? A) By handing her a small note as they leave All Flesh. B) By leaning in until the wings of their hats touch and obscure them from sight. C) With sign language as they turn the corner beyond the watchtowers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By leaning in until the wings of their hats touch and obscure them from sight. 3. What happens in the Ceremony? A) The Handmaids have to pray to god. B) The Handmaids have to have sex with the Commanders. C) The wives of the Commanders sing gospel songs to their husbands. D) The Handmaids take baths before they have sex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Handmaids have to have sex with the Commanders. 4. Who can address The Commander's Wife as ma'am? A) The Handmaids. B) Their children. C) A Martha. D) Their husbands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Martha. 5. The witches during the Salem Witch Trials were burned due to the belief that their actions were ..... A) Pious. B) Sanctity. C) Heretical. D) Inconspicuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heretical. 6. Why was Moira almost pleased when the new government closed all women's Compubank accounts? A) Because her account had been empty for years. B) Because she'd suspected something like this would happen. C) Because her husband would have to take care of her. D) Because she'd been using cash her whole life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because she'd suspected something like this would happen. 7. The dad's ..... phone barely even took pictures it was so old. A) Archaic. B) Furtive. C) Heretical. D) Anachronism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archaic. 8. On which of the following key principles is the imagined world of Gilead based? A) Return to traditional values. B) Traditional gender roles. C) Subjugation of women. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. What function do "Aunts" perform in relation to Handmaids? A) Midwifery. B) Training and discipline. C) Laundry. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Training and discipline. 10. The ..... man sat on the steps with his ripped up love letter knowing he'd lost his dream girl forever. A) Surly. B) Forlorn. C) Inconspicuous. D) Pious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forlorn. 11. The time and place where a work takes place is called A) Character. B) Setting. C) Theme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 12. Who is the author of The Handmaid's Tale? A) Offred Atwood. B) Amy Margo. C) Margaret Atwood. D) Maggie Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Margaret Atwood. 13. What role does the Commander play in the portion of the Ceremony in which the whole household sits in the Sitting Room? A) He embraces each of them in turn. B) He reads the Bible. C) He punishes them for their mistakes. D) He tells them about the warfront. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He reads the Bible. 14. What's the password? A) May the Lord watch. B) Blessed be. C) Mayday. D) Mercy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mayday. 15. His ..... toward the stranger was apparent when he helped him cross the street. A) Benevolence. B) Condone. C) Heretical. D) Sanctity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benevolence. 16. What do Offred and Ofglen do to express they feel the econowives' loss? A) Put their hands over their hearts. B) Talk to them. C) Put their hands up. D) Look down and say:sorry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put their hands over their hearts. 17. Chapter 5:Which of the protagonist is not true about the city center? A) The lawns are tidy. B) There are no children. C) The houses look nice. D) There is a lot of noise of children playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is a lot of noise of children playing. 18. Where was Margaret Atwood born? A) Quebec. B) Ottawa. C) Toronto. D) Montreal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ottawa. 19. A handmaid who does whatever is necessary to make her life easier. A) Rita. B) Moira. C) Janine. D) Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Janine. 20. There was one strange ..... in the Medieval setting of the movie-a Starbucks cup. A) Palimpsest. B) Anachronism. C) Protocol. D) Martyr. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anachronism. 21. He epitomizes the oppressive system and admits that the future might be better for only some people. A) The Eye. B) Nick. C) Luke. D) The Commander. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Commander. 22. Which adjective best describes Moira? A) Conservative. B) Troubled. C) Rebellious. D) Shy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rebellious. 23. ..... is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. A) Feminism. B) Allusion. C) Foreshadowing. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 24. 'Yes, we are very happy' A) Off. B) Offred. C) Serena Joy. D) Aunt Lydia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offred. 25. Which colour is for The Commander's Wives A) Red. B) Yellow. C) Blue. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blue. 26. The Republic of Gilead was established by the "Sons of Jacob" . In the Bible, who were the wives of Jacob? A) Efrat and Tzipporah. B) Hannah and Devorah. C) Rachel and Leah. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rachel and Leah. 27. Who were the leaders of Russia and England respectively during Reagan's reign? A) Churchill and Stalin. B) Churchill and Putin. C) Gorbachev and Wilson. D) Gorbachev and Thatcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gorbachev and Thatcher. 28. 'They have a choice' A) Cora. B) Moira. C) Rita. D) Offred. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rita. 29. After the Eyes take a man from the sidewalk right in front of Offred, how does she feel? A) Happy that they caught the criminal. B) Concerned for Serena Joy. C) Scared for her daughter's safety. D) Relieved that is wasn't her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relieved that is wasn't her. 30. Chapter 2:What role are RIta and Cora in the novel? A) Aunts. B) Handmaids. C) Marthas. D) Wives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marthas. 31. Chapter 4:Who is Nick? A) The commander. B) The gardener. C) The man who sells food at the market. D) The Guardian who was driving the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Guardian who was driving the car. 32. The women wanted to bribe the Guardians with what? A) Clothing. B) Books. C) Money. D) Their bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their bodies. 33. The hunters wore camouflage in order to look ..... in the woods. A) Inconspicuous. B) Surly. C) Pedantic. D) Pious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inconspicuous. 34. Chapter 3:When the protagonist goes shopping, she finds a guardian. What is he doing? A) Selling food. B) Escorting the commander's wife. C) Digging in the commander's wife's garden. D) Building a new barn in the commander's house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Digging in the commander's wife's garden. 35. Rank the order from least important to most important A) Handmaids, Guardians, Aunts, Angels. B) Guardians, Angels, Aunts, Handmaids. C) Handmaids, Aunts, Guardians, Angels. D) Handmaids, Angels, Aunts, Guardians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Handmaids, Aunts, Guardians, Angels. 36. Why was Offred especially upset by Moira's story? A) Because Moira hadn't slept in days. B) Because Moira had seen Luke killed. C) Because Moira seemed to have given up hope. D) Because Moira had seen the resistance forces destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because Moira seemed to have given up hope. 37. Serena Joy arranges for Offred to sleep with A) The doctor. B) The dentist. C) The chauffeur. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The chauffeur. 38. What nationality was the writer Susan Faludi who published 'Backlash:The Undeclared War against Women' A) English. B) Canadian. C) American. D) Scottish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) American. 39. What is the wall? A) The garden wall that Offred looks at often. B) A place in town where bodies of executed protesters are displayed. C) A place where she can buy oranges and other fruit for Rita. D) What Offred looks at when the Commander performs the Ceremony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A place in town where bodies of executed protesters are displayed. 40. How does Offred work "Mayday" into her talk with the new Ofglen? A) By recounting her first meeting of the previous Ofglen. B) By recounting the first day she saw the Commander's Wife's garden blooming. C) By expressing her excitement at the coming of Spring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By recounting her first meeting of the previous Ofglen. 41. The type of society in The Handmaid's Tale might be labelled as ..... A) Theocratic. B) Heterotopian. C) Dystopian. D) Utopian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dystopian. 42. The Seneca Falls Convention was held during: A) The First Wave. B) The Second Wave. C) The Third Wave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The First Wave. 43. To whom is this book dedicated? A) Her husband, John Weasley. B) Her cat, Phineas. C) Her ancestor, Mary Webster. D) To God. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her ancestor, Mary Webster. 44. What sort of society exists in Gilead? A) A dictatorship. B) A democracy. C) An oligarchy. D) A theocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A theocracy. 45. How did Moira end up in "the club?" A) The Aunts caught her before she made it out of town. B) She was caught as she tried to escape Gilead by boat. C) She was spared from execution by Aunt Lydia. D) She was sold by the family that took her in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was caught as she tried to escape Gilead by boat. 46. Across the street from the church sits the Wall, where the authorities hang the bodies of executed criminals as examples to the rest of the Republic of Gilead. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 47. When the narrator goes for a shopping trip, what does she receive from Rita? A) Dollars. B) Goods for trading. C) Tokens. D) Euros. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tokens. 48. Why is Offred surprised when the Commander offers her a garment? A) Because she recognized the dress as one she'd worn before being arrested. B) Because he wasn't allowed to possess women's clothes. C) Because all such clothing was supposed to have been destroyed. D) Because it was covered in bloodstains from the previous Handmaid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because all such clothing was supposed to have been destroyed. 49. What color does a Martha wear? A) Dull blue. B) Dull green. C) Dull yellow. D) Dull red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dull green. 50. Why is June now called Offred? A) It's his personal choice. B) This is the name of the governor with whom she lives. C) That's her new husband's name. D) The state renamed him that until his death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is the name of the governor with whom she lives. 51. How did the previous Handmaid in Offred's room know the Latin phrase she wrote in the closet? A) She learned it from the Commander. B) It was a joke she learned from Serena Joy. C) She had seen it carved into a desk at the Red Center. D) She had studied Latin at university. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She learned it from the Commander. 52. When Serena Joy arrives, she turns on the television while they wait for the Commander. What do they watch? A) Pictures of the war Gilead is fighting with other religious groups. B) An amusing sitcom about a happily married Commander and his family. C) Sports. D) They don't watch anything. They listen to bible verses being read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pictures of the war Gilead is fighting with other religious groups. 53. The Commander's wives knit for A) The Commander. B) The Angels. C) The Handmaids. D) Their future babies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Angels. 54. In what state does this dystopia take place? A) The Republic of Fertility. B) The Republic of States. C) The Republic of Gilead. D) The Republic of Nolad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Republic of Gilead. 55. What is The Commander's Wife's real name A) Serena Joy. B) Remains unknown. C) Sarah Conway. D) Honey Trap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serena Joy. 56. Married lower-rank women wear stripey clothing to denote multiple roles. What are they called? A) Delta-minuses. B) Marthas. C) Aunts. D) Econowives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Econowives. 57. They've got some orages A) Them. B) Off. C) Offred. D) Rita. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Offred. 58. Many people ..... their Thanksgiving turkey before they baste and cook it. A) Archaic. B) Superfluous. C) Ingratiate. D) Truss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Truss. 59. What is the name of the routine where the Handmaids perform their duty in trying to conceive a child? A) Salvaging. B) Ceremony. C) Prayvaganza. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ceremony. 60. Which is not a group of chapters? A) Night. B) Ceremony. C) Birth Day. D) Souls Scrolls. 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