This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Handmaid'S Tale – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who does Offred see at "the club" that she wasn't expecting? A) Serena Joy. B) Nick. C) Moira. D) Luke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moira. 2. What inspired Atwood to envision the sort of world presented in The Handmaid's Tale? A) Growth of "religious right". B) Appointment of new pope. C) Impeachment of Richard Nixon. D) Decline of traditional Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growth of "religious right". 3. Why does Offred give herself up completely to the ideals of the Red Center and promise to become whatever Gilead wants her to be? A) So that she can keep Nick safe. B) So that she can see Luke again. C) So that she can continue living, in any form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So that she can continue living, in any form. 4. Serena Joy spends most of her time where in the novel? A) The garden. B) The kitchen. C) Offred's bedroom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The garden. 5. What is the name of the new society mentioned in chapter 5? A) Republic of God. B) Republic of Gilead. C) Republic of Angels. D) Republic of Heavens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republic of Gilead. 6. What happens to those classified as 'Unwomen'? A) They are executed. B) They become Marthas. C) They move to Canada. D) They are sent to the Colonies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are sent to the Colonies. 7. Who wrote The Handmaid's Tale? A) Stephanie Meyer. B) JK Rowling. C) Margaret Atwood. D) Betty Friedan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Margaret Atwood. 8. What was wrong with Ofwarren's baby? A) The baby died in her sleep. B) Nothing was wrong with the baby, but Ofwarren had a psychotic breakdown. C) It was taken away from her too soon. D) It was a shredder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was a shredder. 9. What job did Janine have before she was forced into becoming a Handmaid? A) Cab driver. B) Librarian. C) Nun. D) Waitress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waitress. 10. The Republic of Gilead is established in ..... A) Mid-2000s. B) Mid-2010s. C) Mid-1980s. D) Mid-1990s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mid-1980s. 11. What happens after Ofglen and Offred see each other in the reflection of the window in front of Soul Scrolls? A) They burst into laughter. B) Ofglen speaks to Offred. C) They hear an approaching siren. D) The Commander approaches them from inside the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ofglen speaks to Offred. 12. The missing chandelier from her room, the window that does not open entirely, the lack ofglass ..... what strikes Offred about her room? A) That there is nothing there of her own. B) It is empty and used, almost like a cage with no escape. C) She also finds a passage hidden in the corner of the cupboard as a sign of hope. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. Incapable of being satisfied:quenchless. had an insatiable desire for wealth A) Obligatory. B) Insatiable. C) Sanctity. D) Effigy. E) Parley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insatiable. 14. How was the regime of Gilead able to take women's power to buy from them? A) By forcing them to pay outrageous taxes. B) By not allowing them in any store. C) By taking their cash from them. D) By closing their Compubank accounts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By closing their Compubank accounts. 15. Does Ofglen feel hatred for the commander? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 16. Why were hung the second and third body? A) They were caught in the black market. B) They raped a woman. C) They betrayed the goverment. D) Gender treachery-caught together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gender treachery-caught together. 17. The expression "Mayday" comes from ..... ? A) English:help me. B) English:help me. C) Irish:Cabhair liom. D) English:help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English:help me. 18. Why was Moira having trouble walking? A) She needed a cane. B) They beat her feet with steel cables, frayed at the ends. C) Walking was not allowed. D) She stubbed her toe in the bathroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They beat her feet with steel cables, frayed at the ends. 19. According to Offred, what was "overlooked" by those who created Gilead? A) The memories of the time before. B) Respect for one's elders. C) Bodily autonomy. D) Falling in love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling in love. 20. The Women retain their real names. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 21. 'There is more than one kind of freedom ..... Freedom to and freedom from.' A) The Commander. B) Aunt Elizabeth. C) Aunt Lydia. D) Offred. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aunt Lydia. 22. What does Serena Joy suggest to Offred? A) She sleep with a doctor in order to get pregnant. B) She sleep with Nick in order to get pregnant. C) She sleep with Nick so that the Commander will leave her alone. D) She try harder during the Ceremony to get pregnant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She sleep with Nick in order to get pregnant. 23. Speculative fiction is A) Theorizing about possible futures. B) What Margaret Artwood thinks is will happen in the future. C) What Margaret Artwood thinks is will not happen in the future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theorizing about possible futures. 24. Who disappears in the scene after the Particicution? A) Nick. B) Off. C) Serena Joy. D) Janine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off. 25. When is the Educational Symposium set on the final section of Historical Notes? A) 2195. B) 2015. C) 2050. D) 2100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2195. 26. The class was able to ..... a culture of learning and understanding by following daily protocols. A) Martyr. B) Cultivate. C) Condone. D) Ingratiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultivate. 27. Rita and Cora are A) Commander's wives. B) Handmaids. C) Marthas. D) Aunts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marthas. 28. The ..... of their marriage was broken when one of them cheated. A) Palimpsest. B) Sanctity. C) Pious. D) Heretical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanctity. 29. Who is Offred happy to have join her in the Red Center in ch. 13? A) Roberta. B) Janine. C) Off. D) Moira. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moira. 30. According to the new Ofglen, what happened to the former Ofglen? A) She escaped on the Underground Female Road. B) She ran away and hasn't been heard from since. C) She was captured by the Eyes for participation in Mayday. D) She hanged herself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She hanged herself. 31. Offred's baby was ..... ? A) Stolen. B) Killed. C) Adopted. D) Kidnapped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stolen. 32. An outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality A) Demure. B) Facade. C) Surly. D) Insatiable. E) Archaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facade. 33. Subservient is a synonyme for A) Angry. B) Obedient. C) Rebel. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obedient. 34. What physical item does Serena Joy discover that makes her aware of the Commander's relationship with Offred? A) Lotion in Offred's room. B) Magazines in the Commander's study. C) Her winter cloak with lipstick on it. D) One purple sequins on the floor of Offred's wardrobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her winter cloak with lipstick on it. 35. 'Doing they job' said ..... 'Keeping us safe' A) Cora. B) Rita. C) Aunt Lydia. D) Offred. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cora. 36. The Commander shows that A) Things have not changed much in Gilead. B) Gilead is better than what was there before. C) Men are all corrupt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Things have not changed much in Gilead. 37. What is a Handmaid guaranteed after successfully giving birth? A) She will be able to choose a husband. B) She won't be sent to another home. C) She won't be sent to the Colonies. D) She will be allowed to use her own name. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She won't be sent to the Colonies. 38. Why did the doctor offered help to Offred? A) She was pregnant. B) She was not pregnant. C) She had an illness and she couldn't get pregnant. D) The commander didn't want to lay with her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was not pregnant. 39. To settle the fight, administrators gave each group more time. A) Appease. B) Precarious. C) Volition. D) Apathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appease. 40. She is a dominant figure in Offred's imagination and memory and worked at Jezebel's. A) Serena Joy. B) Offred's mother. C) Moira. D) Aunt Lydia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moira. 41. What are the handmaids' heavy white bonnets-which restrict peripheral vision and hide their identities-called? A) Caps. B) Snoods. C) Wings. D) Snows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wings. 42. A former religious television personality and anti-feminist speaker. A) Offred. B) Janine. C) Cora. D) Serena Joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Serena Joy. 43. What purpose does "the club" serve, according to the Commander? A) It allows men to love one woman, as nature intended. B) It gives men access to a variety of women, as nature intended. C) It encourages women to feel proud of their bodies. D) The most dangerous men aren't allowed to leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It gives men access to a variety of women, as nature intended. 44. He hates all types of exercise; you could say he has an ..... to it. A) Aversion. B) Volition. C) Anecdote. D) Contingency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aversion. 45. Serena Joy, the wife of the house, previously had a different occupation. What was Serena Joy's occupation? A) She was a secretary. B) She was an author/writer. C) She was a gospel singer. D) She was a stay-at-home-wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was a gospel singer. 46. Which of the following best describes Margaret Atwood's vision of dystopia in The Handmaid's Tale? A) Technological. B) Religious. C) Feminist. D) Financial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feminist. 47. What happened to Offred's mother? A) She was hung on the Wall. B) She was forced into becoming a Martha. C) She was sold into slavery at "the club". D) She was sent to one of the most dangerous Colonies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was sent to one of the most dangerous Colonies. 48. The students kept their ..... eyes to the floor as they passed the teacher without a hall pass as to not get caught. A) Inconspicuous. B) Heretical. C) Ingratiate. D) Furtive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Furtive. 49. Why isn't there a chandelier in the narrator's room? A) The Commander can't afford one. B) So she can't hang herself. C) Because it would be too heavy. D) Because they are out of fashion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So she can't hang herself. 50. Someone who is deeply religious and visibly follows all the moral and ethical codes of his religion A) Archaic. B) Demure. C) Surly. D) Facade. E) Pious. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Pious. 51. When was The Handmaid's Tale published? A) 2012. B) 1985. C) 1994. D) 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1985. 52. What is the greatest hope of every Handmaid? A) To fall in love. B) To give birth. C) To become an Econo-wife. D) To have their own Martha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give birth. 53. Could the doctor speak to handmaids? A) Yes. B) Yes, but just what it's necessary. C) No, she even had to cover her face. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, but just what it's necessary. 54. :reserved, modest. 2.:affectedly modest, reserved, or serious A) Effigy. B) Insatiable. C) Demure. D) Archaic. E) Surly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demure. 55. 'Modesty is invisibility' A) Offred. B) Aunt Lydia. C) Serena Joy. D) Moira. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aunt Lydia. 56. Which is the relationship between the Handmaids and the Marthas? A) They are not supposed to be friends. B) They are supposed to behave as friends. C) The Marthas are supposed to work for the Handmaids' children. D) Th.e Handmaids are supposed to work for the Marthas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are not supposed to be friends. 57. Which type of word begins the novel? A) A premodifier. B) A declarative. C) An adverb of time. D) Oh, they do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oh, they do. 58. 'Blessed be the fruit' A) Rita. B) Serena Joy. C) Offred. D) Offglen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Offglen. 59. She was able to turn her internship into a job because she was able to ..... herself with the entire office. A) Cultivate. B) Truss. C) Ingratiate. D) Condone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ingratiate. 60. When Offred and Luke are attempting to cross the border on their 'picnic, ' why were they warned not to look too happy? A) Happiness was outlawed. B) If they are too happy, the guards will be suspicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If they are too happy, the guards will be suspicious. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 1The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 2The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 3The 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