Pre-Gilead
What was the first step in Gilead taking over?
Shooting the president
What’s the color the wives wear?
Blue
The Angels
What are the soldiers called?
What’s the name of every other section?
Night
Who do the eyes remind you of?
The Stasi
What is the name of her husband?
Luke
What did Offred and the commander do when meeting up?
Play scrabble
Rita and Cora
What are the names of the Martha’s in Offreds house?
How does she manage to let the reader experience Gilead very vividly?
Sense imagery
Who do the Angels remind you of? (in the USA)
ICE
What activity was Offreds mother doing in her flashback?
Burning books/magazines
What was the criminal offense, the man with the baby on his bag was hanging for?
Supporting abortion
„Blessed be the fruit.“
How do the Handmaids greet eachother?
Which other book did she write as a sequel to the handmaids tale?
The testaments
What rights are being taken away in the US, that were also taken away in Gilead?
The right to abort
What did they tell her daughter what they were going to do, when they tried to flee?
That they were doing a picnic.
What famous sentence from the bible is quoted before every ceremony?
„Give me children or else I die.“
Jezebels
What are the prostitutes called?
In what country was she born, that is also mentioned in the book?
Canada
Name a Country where the womens rights restricted similarly as in Gilead?
e.g. Afghanistan, Iraq
What was Offred buying when she first noticed her card declining?
Cigarettes
What are the names of the biblical figures that represent the handmaids and the wives?
Rachel and Bihlah
Salvaging
What is it called when the handmaids have to kill someone for the regime?
When was the handmaids tale first released?
1985
What trend is happening right now on social media that glorifies traditional family values?
Trad wives