Cours The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood

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Question 1

Who is Margaret Atwood?

A British artist

A French screenwriter

A Canadian writer

Margaret Atwood is a Canadian writer, born in 1939 in Ottawa.

Question 2

What is she best known for?

Her prose fiction and her feminist perspective

She is best known for her prose fiction and for her feminist perspective.

Her feminist poem and her way of life

Her ecological commitment and sci-fi novels

Question 3

What are the two recurrent themes in her novels?

Ecological disaster and earth devastation

Role reversal and new beginnings

Role reversal and new beginnings are recurrent themes in her novels, all of them centered on women seeking their relationship to the world and the individuals around them.

War and personal growth

Question 4

When was The Handmaid’s Tale written?

In 1985

This novel was written in 1985, then adapted for a movie in 1990, an opera in 2000 and a TV show in 2017.

In 1975

In 1965

Question 5

When did the novel somehow become famous again?

Since the death of Elizabeth II

During Donald Trump’s unique term in office

The novel somehow became famous again during Donald Trump’s unique term in office.

After abortion was banned in America

Question 6

What is the setting of the novel?

In England, in 1990

In New-England, in the near futur

The novel is set in New-England in the near future, the story revolves around a society created in response of a fertility crisis.

In Australia, in 2055

Question 7

Who is the main character of The Handmaid’s Tale?

Offred

The story is told by Offred whose life has drastically changed as the woman was reduced to a womb. She tells the story as it happens and shows us the travels of her mind through asides, flashbacks, and digressions. The whole story is told from her point of view.

Fred

Serena

Question 8

When was The Testaments published?

In 1999

In 2009

In 2019

The Testaments, a sequel to the novel, was published in 2019.

Question 9

What is the genre of the novel?

Science fiction

Dystopia

The novel is a dystopia but also primarily an example of speculative fiction because it imagines an alternate world not far removed from our own.

Utopia

Question 10

What was the aim of Margaret Atwood with this book?

Question her ancestors’ puritan precepts

In this book, Margaret Atwood wanted to question her ancestors’ puritan precepts.

Answer an ecological question

Question her family's way of life