Key quotes

Question 1

“behold my maid…”
Purpose of handmaids

Answer 1

Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her”

Question 2

“They had…”
Aunts torute

Answer 2

electric cattle prods”

Question 3

“We exchanged…”
How handmaids rebel in red centre

Answer 3

Names

Question 4

“They removed..”
What removed in Handmaids room

Answer 4

anything you could tie a rope to

Question 5

“Everything exept….”
uniform of handmaids

Answer 5

the wings around my face my face is red: the colour of blood, which defines us

Question 6

“A sister…”
Handmaids and nuns

Answer 6

dipped in blood

Question 7

“Nobody who much cares…”
Marthas

Answer 7

who sees the face of a Martha”

Question 8

“Its the..”
marthas and handamids

Answer 8

“It’s the red dress she disapproves of”

Question 9

“sometimes the….”
Commanders wife and garden

Answer 9

Sometimes the Commander’s Wife has a chair brought out, and just sits in it, in her garden”

Question 10

Powder…
Wives

Answer 10

powder-blue robe

Question 11

Blessed..
greeting between handamids

Answer 11

Blessed be the fruit

Question 12

“The truth is… “
Mistrust between handmaids

Answer 12

“The truth is that she is my spy as I am hers”

Question 13

The pregnant….
Janines belly

Answer 13

The pregnant woman’s belly is like a huge fruit”

Question 14

There were some..
Offreds mother flashback

Answer 14

There were some women burning books”

Question 15

If its a story….
Offreds personal rebellion

Answer 15

If it’s a story I am telling, then I have control over the ending”

Question 16

Her speeches….
Serena Joys speeches

Answer 16

“Her speeches were about how women should stay home”

Question 17

She stays…
Serena Joy

Answer 17

She stays in her home, but it doesn’t seem to agree with her”

Question 18

“In this house
Household divisions

Answer 18

“In this house we all envy each other something”

Question 19

Nolite te…..
Carving in wardrobe

Answer 19

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum”

Question 20

There is no such thing…
Mens fertility

Answer 20

There is no such thing as a sterile man anymore, not officially. There are only women who are fruitful and women who are barren, that’s the law”

Question 21

I dont want to look….
Offreds body

Answer 21

“I don’t want to look at something that determines me so completely”

Question 22

The small…..
Offreds tattoo

Answer 22

“The small tattoo on my ankle. Four digits and an eye

Question 23

Crybaby…
janine

Answer 23

“Crybaby. Crybaby. Crybaby”

Question 24

It is an…….
Bible

Answer 24

“It [the bible] is an incendiary device: who knows what we’d make of it, if we ever got our hands on it

Question 25

The commander is... Ceremony

Answer 25

The Commander is fucking”

Question 26

Close your.... How offred deals with ceremony

Answer 26

Close your eyes and think of England”

Question 27

We are... Female bodies

Answer 27

“We are containers, it’s only the insides of our bodies that are important”

Question 28

Buttered... Offreds rebellion

Answer 28

“Buttered, I lie on my single bed, like a piece of toast”

Question 29

This is what.... Proof of indocrination on Offred

Answer 29

This is what God must look like: an egg

Question 30

The birthing.... Janines Birth day

Answer 30

“The birthing stool” … “Raised like a throne”

Question 31

Each of us... Handamids reaction to Janines birth

Answer 31

“Each of us holds in her lap a phantom, a ghost baby”

Question 32

A girl... Offreds reaction to Janines birth

Answer 32

“A girl, poor thing”

Question 33

We are... WOmbs

Answer 33

“We are two-legged wombs”

Question 34

To him... Offred and commander

Answer 34

To him I’m no longer merely a usable body”

Question 35

Women cant... Beginnings of totaliatriunsim

Answer 35

“Women can’t hold on to property any more, she said. It’s a new law