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100
The Commander gives Offred this object which is forbidden in Gilead and differs slightly in the show. (Episode 5: 2:11-3:25)
What is the '70's Vogue magazine in the novel and 2000's magazine in the show?
100
Offred's love interest and co-conspirator in her visits to see the Commander.
Who is Nick?
100
"There is more than one kind of freedom, said ... Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it." Bonus: what do you think is significant about this quote?
What is Aunt Lydia?
100
Connect a particular passage, character, event, theme, etc. to any of the other texts we have read
Answers will vary
100
The reason for Offred's captivity and the key reason why women are valued in this society.
What is fertility What is offspring/ the ability to bear children
200
This term seen on a building window refers to a group Gilead tries to weed out because it threatens procreation. (Episode 7: 10:20-10:50)
Who are the "gender traitors"?
200
Men who work for Commanders or who monitor handmaid check points
Who are Guardians?
200
"It was my fault, ... says. It was my own fault. I led them on. I deserved the pain." "Very good, ..., says ... You are an example." Bonus: what do you think is significant about this quote?
What is Janine and Aunt Lydia?
200
A connection between The Handmaid's Tale and The Sound and the Fury (textual evidence needed)
Use of flashbacks: associations (p. 63) middle of thoughts (p. 91)
200
This particular theme is represented when the commander sneaks Offred out of the gate and into Jezebels, when Offred begins collaborating with Ofglen in her secret society and in many other instances.
What is the theme of rebellion/underground government/ disobeying forbidden actions. Answers will vary.
300
June/Offred's daughter is abducted in this place, which differs from the novel. ()
What is the hospital in the show and the farmer's market in the novel?
300
This character escapes the Center and works at Jezebel's, where the Commander takes Offred.
Who is Moira?
300
"By this time we were treating her the way people used to treat those with no legs who sold pencils on street corners. We avoided her when we could, were charitable to her when it couldn't be helped. She was a danger to us, we knew that." Bonus: what do you think is significant about this quote?
What is Offred (about Ofwarren/Janine)?
300
A connection between The Handmaid's Tale and Kindred (textual evidence needed)
Like Dana, Offred adapts to her new world (p. 28) calling the room "mine" (p. 49) wanting her husband (p. 97) "ordinary" (p. 33)
300
Women are required to wear long dresses and hoods that cover almost every inch of their body, which represents a very prominent theme in the novel.
What is theme of body shame/ moral and public indecency. Answers will vary.
400
The "Resettlement of the Children of Ham" from Detroit to North Dakota indicates the relocation of a certain race to farm but the show indicates 3 characters that reveal a different treatment of this race. (Episode 2: 0:00-1:00)
What occurs in the novel but does not in the show as shown in the characters Luke, Moira, and Offred's daughter?
400
The worker at the Red Center that preaches to girls about the old days of lazy and slutty women.
Who is Aunt Lydia?
400
"Maybe I don't really want to know what's going on. Maybe I'd rather not know. Maybe I couldn't bear to know. The Fall was a fall from innocence to knowledge." Bonus: what do you think is significant about this quote?
What is Offred (praying in her room)?
400
A connection between The Handmaid's Tale and Underground Airlines (textual evidence needed)
"invalid"(p. 224) "names/past lives" (p. 84)
400
Handmaid's have some biblical precedent based on a particular bible story that the Commander reads in the presence of Offred, the Wife, and Rita before each 'time of the month'.
What is the story of Rachel and Leah. What are themes of religion and subservience.
500
The Latin phrase etched in Offred's closet that she continues to chant to herself to give her strength (Episode 4: 45:50-46:46)
What is "Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum"?
500
Member of an Unwoman group prior to the days of Gilead who marches with a sign reading "TAKE BACK THE NIGHT".
Who is Offred's mother shown in an Unwoman documentary involving abortion and rape?
500
"The problem wasn't only with the women, ... says. The main problem was with the men. There was nothing for them anymore." Bonus: what do you think is significant about this quote?
What is the Commander?
500
A connection between The Handmaid's Tale and The Time Traveler (textual evidence needed)
trying to make a better society, "always worse for some" (p. 211) "time travelers" (p. 33)
500
Men have taken over the government and taken away many of the liberties woman formerly enjoyed. (What practice is this- note* a central theme to the novel) Bonus: How does this theme shape our narrator's view of men?
What is totalitarianism/dictatorship. Answers vary.