Gender in WHALITC

What does Merricat's control over the family's fate challenge?

• The expectation of male dominance

• The expectation of female subservience

• Both A and B

• Neither A nor B

What does the protective insular world created by Constance signify?

• Independence from traditional roles

• Reinforcement of the notion that a woman's place is in the home

• Rejection of traditional gender roles

• Defiance against societal norms

What does Merricat's irrational behavior reinforce?

• The stereotype of women being emotionally unstable

• The stereotype of women being rational and calm

• The stereotype of women being logical and composed

• The stereotype of women being professional and mature

What does the narrative rely on for conflict in the Blackwood home?

• Female intervention

• Male intervention

• Neutral intervention

• External intervention

What does the sisters' retreat into the domestic sphere after the community's rejection signify?

• A defiant challenge to traditional female roles

• A surrender to traditional female roles

• An acceptance of societal norms

• An indifference to societal expectations

What does Uncle Julian's powerlessness and dependency render him as?

• A leader of the new female order

• An acceptable member of the new female order

• A threat to the new female order

• An outsider to the new female order

What does the Blackwood sisters' isolation allow them to create?

• A patriarchal society

• A matriarchal microcosm within their home

• A traditional gender role system

• A new male order

What does the separation from society allow the Blackwood sisters to do?

• Live within the constraints of traditional gender roles

• Live outside the constraints of traditional gender roles

• Follow societal expectations

• Depend on Uncle Julian

Who is the character that is mentioned to be in the crowd out the front?

• Merricat

• Uncle Julian

• Charles

• The Blackwood sisters

What does Merricat remind herself to be towards Uncle Julian?

• Kinder

• Harsher

• Indifferent

• Distant