Class Quotes

Question 1

“The ________ is ______ ______ to ______ ______.” About: Class

Answer 1

“The Commander is still able to get coffee.” Chapter: 2

Question 2

“Tell ______ ______, for the ______ […] Tell ______ ______ it’s ______ and ______ ______ won’t ______ ______.” About: Class

Answer 2

“Tell them fresh, for the eggs […] Tell them who it’s for and then they won’t mess around.” Chapter: 2

Question 3

“________ except the ______ around ______ ______ is ____: the ______ of ______, which ______ ______.” About: Gender

Answer 3

“Everything except the wings around my face is red: the colour of blood, which defines us” Chapter: 2

Question 4

“Or ______ ______ ______. The ______ ______ ______, ______ ______ among ______.” About: Gender

Answer 4

“Or we would gossip. The Marthas know things, they talk among themselves” Chapter: 2

Question 5

“________ except the ______ around ______ ______ is ____: the ______ of ____, which ______ ______.” About: Identity

Answer 5

“Everything except the wings around my face is red: the colour of red, which defines us” Chapter: 2

Question 6

“The ______ of the ______ – not ______ ______, ______ ______ to ______ ______ – is not ______.” About: Identity

Answer 6

“The door of the room – not my room, I refuse to say my – is not locked” Chapter: 2

Question 7

“She ______ a ______ […] She ______ was a ______ who ______ ______ the ______.” About: Rebellion

Answer 7

“She had a cigarette […] She then was a woman who might bend the rules.” Chapter: 3

Question 8

“I ______ ______ a ______, but it ______ ______ ______, in ______ ______ ______-_____ ______, ____________.” About: Gender

Answer 8

“I was expecting a Martha, but it was her instead, in her long power-blue robe, unmistakeable” Chapter: 3

Question 9

“______ ______ here, in the ______, over the ______… not ______ ______. ______ ______ rate.” About: Class

Answer 9

“He lives here, in the household, over the garage… not even one. He doesn’t rate” Chapter: 4

Question 10

“________ be the ______.” About: Religion

Answer 10

“Blessed be the fruit” Chapter: 4

Question 11

“____ the ______ ______.” About: Religion

Answer 11

“May the Lord open” Chapter: 4

Question 12

“______ be.” About: Religion

Answer 12

“Praise be” Chapter: 4

Question 13

“I ______ not ______ it for ______, but for ______ ______.” About: Gender

Answer 13

“I did not do it for him, but for myself entirely” Chapter: 4

Question 14

“______ wasn’t a ______. Isn’t.” About: Identity

Answer 14

“Luke wasn’t a doctor. Isn’t.” Chapter: 6

Question 15

“If it’s a ______ I’m ______, then I ______ ______ over the ______.” About: Power

Answer 15

“If it’s a story I’m telling, then I have control over the ending.” Chapter: 7

Question 16

“But ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______, that’s what ______ ______ ______ ______ ______.” About: Rebellion

Answer 16

“But there were some women burning books, that’s what she was really there for.” Chapter: 7

Question 17

The ________ ____ ____ ___ _____. About: Class

Answer 17

The Commander is still able to get coffee. Chapter: 2

Question 18

It’s not the ________ you have to ______ out for , said _____ _____ , it’s the _____. About: Religion

Answer 18

It’s not the husbands you have to watch out for, said Aunt Lydia, it’s the Wives Chapter: 8

Question 19

In this _____ we all _____ each _____ ________. About: Religion

Answer 19

In this house we all envy each other something Chapter: 8

Question 20

_____ His ____. About: Religion

Answer 20

Under His Eye Chapter: 8

Question 21

She doesn’t make ________ anymore. She has ______ ________. About: Gender

Answer 21

She doesn’t make speeches anymore. She has become speechless Chapter: 8

Question 22

Was he ________? Was he in my ____? I ______ it ____. About: Identity

Answer 22

Was he invading? Was he in my room? I called it mine Chapter: 8

Question 23

My ____, then. There has to be some _____, finally that I _____ as ____. About: Identity

Answer 23

My room, then. There has to be some space, finally that I claim as mine Chapter: 9

Question 24

Amazing _____, how _____ the _____… now am _____. About: Religion

Answer 24

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound… now am free Chapter: 10

Question 25

Nothing ________ _____________: in a __________ ________ ________ you’d be ______ to _____ before you _____ it. About: Identity

Answer 25

Nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub you’d be boiled to death before you knew it Chapter: 10

Question 26

________ are the _____. She didn’t go on to say ________ about __________ the _____. About: Religion

Answer 26

Blessed are the meek. She didn’t go on to say anything about inheriting the earth Chapter: 12

Question 27

_____ _______ is here, as well as _____ _____, because __________ is ________. About: Religion

Answer 27

Aunt Helena is here, as well as Aunt Lydia, because Testifying is special Chapter: 13

Question 28

__________: that is what we are. The __________ is the _____ of the __________. About: Class

Answer 28

Household: that is what we are. The Commander is the head of the household. Chapter: 14

Question 29

‘______________ of the _________ of ___ is __________ on __________...’ About: Class

Answer 29

‘Resettlement of the Children of Ham is continuing on schedule...’ Chapter: 14

Question 30

‘______________ of the _________ of ___ is __________ on __________,’ About: Religion

Answer 30

‘Resettlement of the Children of Ham is continuing on schedule,’ Chapter: 14

Question 31

I would like to _____ ________ from this ____ [...] It would _____ me _____ that I have _____. About: Power

Answer 31

I would like to steal something from this room [...] It would make me feel that I have power. Chapter: 14

Question 32

My _____ isn’t ________, I have ________ _____, which _______ _____ now ________ it’s __________. About: Identity

Answer 32

My name isn’t Offred, I have another name, which nobody uses now because it’s forbidden Chapter: 14

Question 33

For our _________ your _____ and your _____ are not __________. About: Gender

Answer 33

For our purposes your feet and your hands are not essential Chapter: 15

Question 34

Then comes the _____ old ______ and _____ _____... _____ me _________, or _____ I ___. About: Religion

Answer 34

Then comes the moldy old Rachel and Leah stuff... Give me children, or else I die Chapter: 15

Question 35

I _____ as if there’s not _____ _____ of me; they will _____ ________ my _____, as if I’m _____ of _____. About: Identity

Answer 35

I feel as if there’s not much left of me; they will slip through my arms, as if I’m made of smoke Chapter: 15

Question 36

I ______ my ______ _____, ______ ________... I _____ to _____ ________. About: Power

Answer 36

I repeat my former name, remind myself... I want to steal something Chapter: 17

Question 37

I _____ _____ here so _______... I _____ to be _____ than ________. About: Gender

Answer 37

I want Luke here so badly... I want to be more than valuable Chapter: 17

Question 38

He too is ________, here, with me... for the _______ we’re ________. About: Gender

Answer 38

He too is illegal, here, with me... for the moment we’re mirrors Chapter: 17

Question 39

I _____ to be _____ and _____ my _____... I _____ to be _____ than ________. About: Identity

Answer 39

I want to be held and told my name... I want to be more than valuable Chapter: 17

Question 40

Moira ___ _____ now, she’d ____ ___ loose... Moira ___ our ______. About: Power

Answer 40

Moira had power now, she’d been set loose... Moira was our fantasy Chapter: 22

Question 41

Moira ___ _____ now, she’d ____ ___ loose... Moira ___ our ______. About: Rebellion

Answer 41

Moira had power now, she’d been set loose... Moira was our fantasy Chapter: 22

Question 42

___________ too is a _____... _______ the ________. About: Power

Answer 42

Forgiveness too is a power... perhaps the greatest Chapter: 23

Question 43

There’s no _____ about who _____ the ____ _____. About: Gender

Answer 43

There’s no doubt about who holds the real power Chapter: 23

Question 44

We are ___-______ _____, that’s all: ______ ________, __________ _________. About: Gender

Answer 44

We are two-legged wombs, that’s all: sacred vessels, ambulatory chalices Chapter: 23

Question 45

You ____ my ____ to be ________... maybe what they’re ______ is all _____ after all. About: Rebellion

Answer 45

You want my life to be bearable... maybe what they’re doing is all right after all Chapter: 23

Question 46

The ________________ of _____ in the __________... under the ____________ of the _____ _____. About: Class

Answer 46

The transgressions of women in the household... under the jurisdiction of the wives alone Chapter: 26

Question 47

Whether ______ or ________, are __________ to be under the ____________ of the _____ _____. About: Gender

Answer 47

Whether Martha or Handmaid, are supposed to be under the jurisdiction of the Wives alone Chapter: 26

Question 48

The __________ could _____ me _____ so ________, by a _____, by a ________. About: Power

Answer 48

The Commander could give me away so easily, by a look, by a gesture Chapter: 26

Question 49

We can ___ into _____ ______’_ _____. About: Power

Answer 49

We can see into each other’s eyes Chapter: 27

Question 50

We have ________ the __________ ____ together. About: Rebellion

Answer 50

We have crossed the invisible line together Chapter: 27

Question 51

________ ________... Let them _____. About: Rebellion

Answer 51

Fucking bleeders... Let them bleed Chapter: 28

Question 52

I didn’t go to ___ of the _______. Luke said it would be ______ and I had to _____ about _____, my _______. About: Rebellion

Answer 52

I didn’t go to any of the marches. Luke said it would be futile and I had to think about them, my family. Chapter: 28

Question 53

I didn’t go to ___ of the _______. Luke said it would be ______... About: Gender

Answer 53

I didn’t go to any of the marches. Luke said it would be futile... Chapter: 28

Question 54

That _____, after I’d _____ my ___, Luke ______ to ____ ____ [...] I am ___. About: Gender

Answer 54

That night, after I’d lost my job, Luke wanted to make love [...] I am his Chapter: 28

Question 55

She was _____ my ______ ______. Is. About: Identity

Answer 55

She was still my oldest friend. Is. Chapter: 28

Question 56

Oh God, ____ of the ________, thank you for not ________ me a ____. Oh God, __________ me. About: Religion

Answer 56

Oh God, King of the Universe, thank you for not creating me a man. Oh God, obliterate me Chapter: 30

Question 57

It’s _________ for me to _______ I have _____ over him... although it’s of an __________ _____ About: Power

Answer 57

It’s difficult for me to believe I have power over him... although it’s of an equivocal kind Chapter: 32

Question 58

Better _____ means _____ for ________, he says. It always means _____, for _____. About: Gender

Answer 58

Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some Chapter: 32

Question 59

There is _________ ________ in the __________ of __________... It _________ them. About: Power

Answer 59

There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities... It deflates them Chapter: 34

Question 60

They’re __________, still, too __________ for __________ of such _____. There’s an _____ of _____ about them. About: Power

Answer 60

They’re considered, still, too dangerous for positions of such power. There’s an odor of witch about them Chapter: 34

Question 61

There is a ____ in _______. About: Religion

Answer 61

There is a Bomb in Gilead Chapter: 34

Question 62

I have been ____________ for her. I am _____ a ______ now... About: Identity

Answer 62

I have been obliterated for her. I am only a shadow now... Chapter: 35

Question 63

He is _____________, to me, his ________ of the _____... __________ his ____ at them. About: Rebellion

Answer 63

He is demonstrating, to me, his mastery of the world... thumbing his nose at them Chapter: 37

Question 64

Know what they _____ this _____ among __________? ________... they’ve ______ __ on us. About: Class

Answer 64

Know what they call this place among themselves? Jezebel’s... they’ve given up on us Chapter: 38

Question 65

I want __________ from her, _______________, ________... About: Rebellion

Answer 65

I want gallantry from her, swashbuckling, heroism... Chapter: 38

Question 66

I _____ this _____ were __________... I _____ it ______ me in a _______ _____. About: Rebellion

Answer 66

I wish this story were different... I wish it showed me in a better light Chapter: 41

Question 67

I _____ Nick my _____ _____, and _____ that therefore I am _____. About: Identity

Answer 67

I told Nick my real name, and feel that therefore I am known Chapter: 41

Question 68

Now that ______ is ____, I am _____ again... About: Rebellion

Answer 68

Now that Ofglen is gone, I am alert again... Chapter: 44

Question 69

We aren’t supposed to _____ __________, __________, among one another. About: Identity

Answer 69

We aren’t supposed to form friendships, loyalties, among one another Chapter: 44

Question 70

I am _____ him, _______ down; he is _________. About: Power

Answer 70

I am above him, looking down; he is shrinking Chapter: 46

Question 71

And so I _____ up, into the _________ within; or else the _____. About: Religion

Answer 71

And so I step up, into the darkness within; or else the light Chapter: 46