SparkNotes: The Handmaid’s Tale: Themes, Motifs & Symbols Quiz: Quick Quiz

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Ultimately, Gilead wants to turn the female gender into ___.

Sex slaves
Carriers of the next generation
Educated and independent beings
Equals to men

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How does Gilead maintain its control over women's bodies?

Maintaining control over language
Scheduled physical beatings
Implanting futuristic chips
Complicated brainwash from birth

3 of 5
What is ironic about Gilead's goal of preventing sexual violence against women?

It wasn't problematic beforehand
Nothing
It's actually men that need protection
Gilead officially institutionalized it

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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"

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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

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1 of 5
Ultimately, Gilead wants to turn the female gender into ___.

2 of 5
How does Gilead maintain its control over women's bodies?

3 of 5
What is ironic about Gilead's goal of preventing sexual violence against women?

4 of 5
What theocratic slogan shows the importance of religion within Gilead?

5 of 5
What about Cambridge, Massachusetts makes it a perfect place for Gilead's power to be based?

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1 of 5 Ultimately, Gilead wants to turn the female gender into ___.

2 of 5 How does Gilead maintain its control over women's bodies?

3 of 5 What is ironic about Gilead's goal of preventing sexual violence against women?

4 of 5 What theocratic slogan shows the importance of religion within Gilead?

5 of 5 What about Cambridge, Massachusetts makes it a perfect place for Gilead's power to be based?

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1 of 5
Ultimately, Gilead wants to turn the female gender into ___.

2 of 5
How does Gilead maintain its control over women's bodies?

3 of 5
What is ironic about Gilead's goal of preventing sexual violence against women?

4 of 5
What theocratic slogan shows the importance of religion within Gilead?

5 of 5
What about Cambridge, Massachusetts makes it a perfect place for Gilead's power to be based?