The Republic of Gilead
The role of the Handmaids
What is bearing children for the elite?
Other accepted answers: repopulating society
The name of Offred's husband before the world drastically changed
Who is Luke?
This is the name of the club the Commander takes Offred to
What is Jezebel's?
In what physical form was Offred's story found years later?
What are cassette tapes?
Other accepted answers: tape recordings, audio, etc.
This is the name of the secret password used to figure out whether or not you are a part of the rebel group against the Gilead society
What is May Day?
This is the name of the event where the Handmaid is forced to engage in sexual activity with the Commander
What is the Ceremony?
This is how Moira escaped the Red Center
What is attacking an Aunt in the washroom and swapping their clothes?
Other accepted answers: disguising herself as an Aunt
This is what Serena Joy promised to do if Offred agreed to sleep with Nick, their guard
What is showing Offred a picture of her daughter?
This was the top-secret think tank where the philosophy and social structure of Gilead was originally laid out
What is the Sons of Jacob?
The game the Commander and Offred play during their secret nights together
What is Scrabble?
These women taught the young fertile girls how to be Handmaids at the Red Center
Who are the Aunts?
Offred and her husband's plan after realizing that this new world has become far too dangerous
What is crossing the border?
Other accepted answers: leave the country, go to Canada, obtain fake passports
This person committed suicide before the Eyes could arrest her for being a part of a dissident group; she also accompanied Offred on her walks
Who is Ofglen?
These are some of the theories they had for the historical drop in fertility causing the Republic of Gilead
What is widespread availability of birth control of various kinds, R-strain syphilis (STDs), AIDS epidemic, nuclear plant accidents, leakages from chemical and biological warfare stockpiles, toxic-waste disposal sites (ecological disasters)?
ANY OF THE FOLLOWING IN GENERAL TERMS WOULD COUNT!
This is the purpose of a salvaging (men's or women's salvaging)
What is a mass execution to punish criminals/offenders of the society?
This is why there is a high demand for Handmaids (why the Republic of Gilead was created in the first place)
What is mass infertility?
The first action done to take over the United States and turn it into a new dystopian world
What is a coup d'etat?
Other accepted answers: violent overthrow of the government, assassination of the President and Congress
This person tells Offred that she is safe and that the Eyes coming to take her away at the end of the novel are actually a part of the rebel group
Who is Nick?
This person was leading the discussion/lecture about the Gilead society
Who is Professor Pieixoto?
This is what the Doctor tells Offred during her monthly doctors appointment
What is a way out (he can give her a baby/impregnate her)?
This is the place they send older women to and Handmaid’s that screwed up their three chances to (they are sweeping up the toxic debris)
What are the Colonies?
This is how the founders of the Republic of Gilead started to take away women's rights
What is shutting down women's bank accounts and firing them from their jobs?
This is the name of the event where the Handmaids are given a glimpse of freedom/they can do whatever they want for the span of a few minutes (normally is very violent) (book example: the Handmaids beat up a Guardian who is guilty of rape)
What is a Particicution?
According to the Professor, in order to institute an effective totalitarian system you must...
What is offering some benefits and freedoms (at least to a privileged few)?
What did Serena Joy do pre-Gilead? (her occupation)
What is a lead opera singer on a Christian tv show?