This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Novels > The Handmaid'S Tale – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Martin Luther King Jr. was a ..... for the Civil Rights Movement. A) Pedantic. B) Pious. C) Martyr. D) Anachronism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martyr. 2. Did Offred like to see her own body? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 3. Why is Offred a Handmaid? A) She can reproduce. B) She has blonde hair. C) She looks good in red. D) She wasn't captured. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She can reproduce. 4. How does Offred refer to her telling of the meeting with the Commander? A) An attack. B) A reconstruction. C) A joke. D) A failure in judgment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reconstruction. 5. What do Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth use when patrolling? A) Whips. B) Handcuffs. C) Pepper spray. D) Electric cattle prods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electric cattle prods. 6. What is the correct spelling? A) Government. B) Goverment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government. 7. Can all people from the book take a bath? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 8. In 1984, Orwell shows that surveillance eliminates freedom. This could be called the book's A) Setting. B) Character. C) Theme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 9. There are three new bodies on the wall, who was the first body? A) A priest. B) A doctor. C) A woman. D) Luke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A priest. 10. When did anti-nuclear protests reach their peak? A) The 1960s and 70s. B) The 1970s and 80s. C) The 1950s and 60s. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The 1970s and 80s. 11. Chapter 2:The protagonist is going to do the shopping and instead of a handwritten list, she takes ..... A) A diagram. B) Tokens with pictures on them. C) A list written in the Handmaids' language. D) A list in the Marthas' language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tokens with pictures on them. 12. What is the purpose of this Women's Prayvaganza? A) Arranged marriages. B) A newborn's baptism. C) The appointing of a Commander. D) A change in Handmaid policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arranged marriages. 13. What does Moira use to escape? A) A sharpened spoon from the cafeteria. B) A metal piece from a toilet. C) A wooden dowel from the knitting center. D) A dropped key from an Aunt's keyring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A metal piece from a toilet. 14. Atwood uses Serena Joy's character to show that A) Some power can corrupt. B) Women will always betray each other. C) Women are always manipulative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some power can corrupt. 15. What are "Angels" ? A) Executioners. B) Soldiers on active duty. C) Members of the Gilead appeal court. D) Secret police. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soldiers on active duty. 16. How does Offred feel about the Commander at the end of ch. 39, as they share the hotel room? A) That he is sad and small. B) That he is terrifying. C) That he is a heartless monster. D) That he is revolting in every way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That he is sad and small. 17. Where does the war hit in Gilead? A) The center. B) The outside. C) Only on TV. D) At night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At night. 18. What happened to Moira most recently? A) She was captured and brought into the gymnasium for training. B) She escaped in the ambulance. C) She got her feet beaten because she tried to escape. D) She was caught smoking in the bathroom which is now illegal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She got her feet beaten because she tried to escape. 19. How does the Ceremony begin? A) The Commander sings a gospel song. B) The Commander reads the bible to the women. C) The Commander has sex with the handmaid. D) The Commander prays by himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Commander reads the bible to the women. 20. The parents did not ..... violence, so when the school called saying their Kindergartener bit someone they were upset. A) Ingratiate. B) Condone. C) Cultivate. D) Benevolence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condone. Next →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesThe Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 2The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 3The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 4The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 5The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 6The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 7The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 8The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 9The Handmaid'S Tale Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books