Context

Question 1

What was banned in Romania in 1966

Answer 1

Birth control

Question 2

Why did the Romanian President ban birth control in Romania in 1966

Answer 2

To increase the country’s population

Question 3

What was the impact of banning birth control in Romania in 1966

Answer 3

Thousands of unwanted children were unborn and many thousands abandoned

Question 4

How does Romania 1966 relate to Gilead

Answer 4

Laws on childbirth and anti abortion

Question 5

What did Mormons encourage

Answer 5

Polygamy

Question 6

How are the Mormons and Gilead alike

Answer 6

Polygamy in Gilead in the sense that the Commander has many wives and Handmaid’s which he has sex with and some children with

Question 7

Where is Mormonism popular

Answer 7

Utah

Question 8

Who endorsed polygamy in Mormon church and when

Answer 8

Brigham Young in 1852

Question 9

What did Hitler and the Nazis to do books in WW2

Answer 9

Burned any books with undesirable content

Question 10

How does Gilead link to Nazi Germany in relation to books and why does Gilead do that

Answer 10

Gilead has severe restrictions on literature
To prevent Handmaid’s getting any ideas of rebellion or reminders of outside world so they can continue their brainwashing

Question 11

What other country and cultural revolution restricted literature

Answer 11

1960s communist china

Question 12

What happened in 1960s china regarding education and how does this relate to Gilead

Answer 12

University stopped
In Gilead education stops

Question 13

What did China do in 1960s to the children of the ‘bourgeoisie’ and how is this similar to Gilead

Answer 13

Children were forcibly removed from their parents to be adopted by Communists loyal to Chairman Mao
Offred’s and other Handmaid’s children were taken away and given to other families

Question 14

Taliban

Answer 14

No female education
Female dress code of clothes that cover whole body
Segregation of sexes
Brutal sentence to crimes

Question 16

How is the Taliban similar to Gilead

Answer 16

no female education
Female dress code
Brutal sentences to crimes

Question 17

How is Atwood so educated on matters in Afghanistan

Answer 17

First hand whitness
Went to Afghanistan on world tour

Question 18

How does Gilead enforce obedience and what countries are similar

Answer 18

By brutal punishments such as public executions - the wall, salvaging
Public executions happen in Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, Sudan