Characters
Ofglen's role in society
What is Handmaiden?
The password that Ofglen tells Offred
What is Mayday
During their failed escape attempt, Offred and Luke were caught while trying to cross the border with these counterfeit documents
What are fake passports?
"Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some" - The Commander
What is the suffering of Women?
The word the New Ofglen calls the first of May
What is May Day
The person Offred walks around the river with.
Who is Ofglen?
The Outfit that Moria used as a Disquise in the red center.
What is an Aunt's outfit?
Before it was abolished by the current regime, this July holiday was a time Offred remembers for its "breathless days and sauna nights.
What is Independence Day?
"I don't want to be a doll hung up on the Wall, I don't want to be a wingless angel. I want to keep on living, in any form."
What is Identity?
The number of pages in the reading for today
What is 56 pages?
Offred wishes this person was in the room with her.
Who is Luke/ her Husband?
The people who were marked with a J were hanged on the wall
Who are the Sons of Jacob?
This happens to Janine in the memory of the red center.
What is a Psychological Breakdown?
"You can't cheat Nature. Nature demands variety for men. It stands to reason, it's part of the procreational strategy"
What is corruption of authority?
WHat is 4 people
She pressures Offred to have a baby and sleep with another person
Who is Serena Joy/ the Wife?
Serena suggests Offerd breaks the rules by doing this with Nick.
What is sleeping with Nick and getting pregnant?
Offred remembers her daughter being taken during this escape attempt.
What is fleeing the border to Canada?
" I should scratch marks on the wall, one for each day of the week, and run a line through them when I have seven. But what is the use, this isn't a jail sentence."
What is loss of control?
True or false
Margaret Atwood said that she didnt invent anything new for the book and that every law or punishment has happened in history before
true
This high-ranking official justified Gilead's existence by claiming that the previous society suffered from the inability to feel and that men had nothing to work for
Who is The Commander?
This religious group was credited by Moira for operating the "Underground Femaleroad" to help women escape the country.
Who are the Quakers?
Offred remembers this man as her last "real" connection to love, though she struggles to remember him in the present tense.
Who is Luke?
" I like to know what you think.
What I think doesn't matter.
Come now. You're intelligent enough; you must have an opinion. What we've done. How many things have worked?
I have no opinion.
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. We thought we could do better."
What is Power?
The Instrument that Professor Montgomerty play
What is a Guitar?